Center for Independent Living of South Florida Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650379532
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Miami, FL, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,549,983
Expenses
$1,606,925
Assets
$4,200,705
Liabilities
$92,615

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALVIN W ROBERTS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GREGG GOLDFARB (DIRECTOR)
  • KELLY GREENE (DIRECTOR)
  • DAMIAN GREGORY (VICE PRESIDE)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to empowering persons with disabilities of all ages to reach their highest level of achievement and to advocate for systems change that results in access, choice, equality, inclusion, and independence for all people with disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

The adult transition program assists adults with disabilities enrolled at miami dade county public schools (mdcps) vocational education centers to achieve their educational goals, learn self-advocacy skills, and transition to employment. The three md cps vocational education centers are lindsey hopkins technical college, miami lakes educational center, and robert morgan educational center and technical college. Students referred by the Florida division of vocational rehabilitation (dvr), teachers, school counselors, and other professionals for remediation of basic skills deficiency will be offered tutoring to increase their reading, language arts and math scores, improve academic standing, passaged exam, and pass any required licensure exam. Pre and post-tests will measure outcomes of students who receive tutoring. Participants will receive self-advocacy skills training to enhance their independent living skills and potential for economic self-sufficiency. Participants will also receive advocacy and support to access community resources to address any obstacles to completion of their vocational education program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 91% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.61; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.