Brooklyn Congregations United Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 611567317
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2015–2015
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2015
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rating: 70
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue: $463
Expenses: $14,580
Assets: $3,449

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

Yva Cantave (Secretary)
Loretta Lucas (Treasurer)
Joan Tropnas (Chair)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Brooklyn Congregations United "BCU" is a non-profit faith based community organization whose mission is to develop grassroots community leaders and build strong relational networks within and among congregations to transform conditions for families. It is an affiliate of PICO, a national network of congregation-based community organizations which are active in 86 cities across the country. BCU's goal is to affect policy change at state and local levels through strategic organizing.

What it reported doing in 2015

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 74
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 12
Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 31

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -3,049%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: Limited
Asset growth: Limited

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 31.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.