Cape Fear Regional Bureau for Community Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561769221
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Fayetteville, NC, USA
Phone
9104839177
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$376,026
Expenses
$413,235
Assets
$59,353
Liabilities
$69,894

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR DANNY ELLIS (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW ROUSE JR (CHAIRPERSON)
  • SANYA T ELLER (VICE CHAIRPERSON)
  • H MITCHELL COLVIN JR (DIRECTOR)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The Organization provides AIDS/HIV testing and reporting for Cumberland County, Cumberland and Hoke County Jail inmates and other at risk populations. The organization provides outreach support to eliminate health disparities among minority and other disadvantaged persons.

What it reported doing in 2022

NC Dept of Health Human Services HIV/STD Prevention activites Community Capacity Building to Eliminate Health Disparities. Cape Fear Regional Bureau for Community Action, Inc. the Bureau fiscal year objective was to test at-risk populations that were either incarcerated in detention centers in the 3 county area serviced, or were members of the general population int the 3 county area. State objective for number of persons tested was set at 3200 per quarter. Total number of individuals tested 4,008. Total new HIV cases referred for medical treatment 22. Total new Syphilis cases referred for medical treatment 37. Total Hepatitis C cases refered for medical treatment 22.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 17th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.18; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.4% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $310K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2022
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.