Ccdi Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474513362
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- St Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 3144295100
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $490,457
- Expenses
- $441,581
- Assets
- $1,472,102
- Liabilities
- $2,346
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS D SIECKHAUS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JUSTIN J LIENEMANN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $890,828 total reported compensation
- STEVEN R SIECKHAUS (SENIOR VP/BOARD MEMBER): $789,369 total reported compensation
- THOMAS D SIECKHAUS (PRESIDENT): $465,456 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Exposing economically underrepresented students to career opportunities in the construction trades and other professions through mentoring, direction, education, guidance, training, and career advice, and financial support; and receiving gifts and grants, raising funds, accepting contributions, and using the resulting funds for its proper purposes, or making distributions thereof for purposes and activities that qualify as exempt under code section 501(c)(3).
What it reported doing in 2024
Financial support for college education seeking candidates for economically underrepresented students.financial support comes in the form of grants directed to the college or vocational institution providing training. This support is intended to help pay for books, transportation, tools, and/or the cost of courses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 23
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 35.8%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 31.9%; rating input score 32
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.33; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 35.8% of revenue deployed · 31.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $141K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $891K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.