Childrens Community Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300820570
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Jamaica, NY, USA
Phone
9294800030
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Food Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$375,169
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$54,805,369

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MILTON SCHWARTZ (TEMPORARY RECEIVER/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MILTON SCHWARTZ (TEMPORARY RECEIVER/CEO): $120,000 total reported compensation
  • SETH MURASKIN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $17,036 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Childrens community services, inc. ("ccs") was a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of families within our communities. Our programs provided emergency shelter and social services to families with children, male single adults and female single adults. We also provided stand alone transitional residences for homeless families and singles adults.we provided support and resources necessary to promote self-sufficiency and independent living skills for families and children. Ccs collaborated with clients to help them develop independent living plans; providing referrals for services and advocacy where appropriate, and monitoring progress. Ccs managed and monitored rapid rehousing/transition-in-place programs for families, direct integration into the community and permanency in housing. Children community services offered a continuum of care for all stages of our clients lives, ultimately leading to independence. Effective april 2021, ccs ceased operation

What it reported doing in 2023

Ccs provided housing, social services and guidance to underprivileged families.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.