Bronx Realty Advisory Board Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131699461
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Bronx, NY, USA
Phone
9142249348
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,576
Expenses
$194,969
Assets
$416,355
Liabilities
$25,633

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM SCHUR (PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW ENGEL (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW SCHMELZER (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ARTHUR MELTSER (THIRD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTEN DUNCAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTEN DUNCAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,010 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM SCHUR (PRESIDENT): $35,012 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide legal services to owners of co-ops and rental buildings.

What it reported doing in 2022

Providing legal and advisory services to the owners of rental and cooperative buildings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.5%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.14; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 21 of 22 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.