CESC Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474589916
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8507929000
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,927,917
- Expenses
- $3,579,432
- Assets
- $7,785,110
- Liabilities
- $5,839,717
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sonya Wilson (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Sonya Wilson (CEO): $134,615 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CESC, Inc. (The Kearney Center) is a 24-hour comprehensive emergency service center that serves as a point of entry into assistance by coordinating services and responding to immediate needs of individuals until appropriate permanent housing can be arranged. Our mission is to reduce homelessness by providing a safe environment that promotes dignity and respect for individuals in our community who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Kearney Center is a state-of-the-art facility in Tallahassee, FL that works to serve those who are experiencing homelessness, as well as those who are at-risk of becoming homeless. In addition to meals and temporary emergency shelter, the Kearney Center connects clients to social service agencies that can specifically address the unique needs of each of the individuals served. Case management, GED classes, employment services, substance abuse counseling, mental health counseling, veteran services and an on-site medical clinic can all be accessed at the Kearney Center. It is through partnerships with state, federal and local governmental agencies, non-profit and faith based organizations that we can provide holistic services to our clients. We currently provide an average of 800 means a day and house nearly 400 people overnight in our emergency shelter. Westgate and the dwellings provide long-term low-barrier housing options in the community. CESC, Inc. employees work for these three programs in an effort to meet the overall mission of CESC, Inc., which is to ensure homelessness is rare, brief, and nonrecurring in the Tallahassee community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% 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
STRONG - 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $41.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 8.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.17; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.