Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civic Engagement Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274582196
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Phone
5612716706
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Citizen Participation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,104
Expenses
$77,709
Assets
$9,985
Liabilities
$96

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER KLAASSENS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BETSI KASSEBAUM (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • JENNIFER KLAASSENS (PRESIDENT)
  • RICH POLLACK (SECRETARY)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The center for strategic philanthropy and civic engagement has been developed to leverage, cultivate, and advocate for successful, collaborative philanthropic outcomes to positively and sustainably impact the greatest number of people of need in our community in an economical and focused manner.

What it reported doing in 2016

The center for strategic philanthropy and civic engagement has worked with corporate, private, public, and nonprofit entities in the tri-county south Florida area to assist in aligning resources and strategic planning/action on several key issue areas. To date these include, but are not limited to: a regional leadership summit on human trafficking, systemic reform efforts (including a full community gap analysis and recommendations) in the area of transition to independent living for foster children aging out of the system, housing concerns for low and moderate socio-economic community members, a review and community definition of civic engagement including next acton steps, review of gaps and recommendations pertaining to the issues surrounding returing veterans, and movement to develop a more unified nonprofit voice for the south Florida region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -169.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.