Careercatchers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611588740
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
3015298730
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Counseling

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,309,333
Expenses
$1,218,857
Assets
$498,447
Liabilities
$118,230

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANE KERSCHNER (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIANA MCNEILL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIANA MCNEILL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,899 total reported compensation
  • KUNDA M KUNDA SR DIRECTOR (OF PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS): $137,544 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide individualized employment and job skills counseling; ensure stable employment and upward mobility; identify and encourage participation in work skills and training programs; and enhance self-esteem and foster empowerment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Career coaching and training services: careercatchers (cc) provides a comprehensive array of career coaching and training services through memoranda of understanding (mous), grants, donations, and contracts. These include one-on-one counseling, weekly virtual workshops and workforce training, a community resources and job opportunities email, employer connections, and job retention support. Cc's one-on-one coaching services include creating individualized employment plans, identifying and mitigating barriers, resume development, linkedin profile creation, interview preparation, salary negotiation, job retention support, assistance with finding career-advancing training, scholarships, and apprenticeships, and employer connections. Augmenting the one-on-one coaching are volunteer-led basic skills courses and weekly job readiness workshops. In cy 2024, careercatchers worked with over 1,100 clients: 529 received intensive support. 73% were female, 49% foreign-born, representing everywhere from west africa to south america. Three-quarters were women, many juggling childcare while pursuing better futures. We helped people start 254 new careers. 311 received workforce training. Community partners lead 23 training sessions, 93 of our classes addressed the digital divide, and we served residents from age 16 to over 70.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $980K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $161K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.