City Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872816038
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Waterbury, CT, USA
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,159
Expenses
$130,264
Assets
$8,895

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Troy Gonda (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • James White (Operations Director)
  • Meghan Gonda (Director of Culture and Strategy)
  • Rachel Lochowski (Storehouse Director)

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to love our neighbors by serving Waterbury. Through compassion and community engagement we aim to serve people change lives and transform our city. We envision a city where all are valued and no one goes hungry. In the past year alone we distributed over 100,000 meals to individuals and families in Waterbury CT demonstrating our ongoing commitment to meeting basic needs and creating lasting impact.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our Community Development Program is designed to equip residents with essential skills that can enhance their daily lives and overall well-being. Through monthly classes and interactive workshops we create opportunities for individuals and families to come together learn and grow. Participants gain valuable knowledge in areas such as healthy cooking household budgeting food quality awareness CPR training and more. These sessions are tailored to serve a wide range of age groups including seniors parents students and families ensuring that everyone can benefit. Our goal is to unite communities and expand our impact throughout the Greater Waterbury Area by offering practical life-enriching education that empowers people to thrive. This program served 20 individuals and families per class.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 19
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 20.3%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19% of revenue deployed · 20.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.