Collaboration Center Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833550547
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7023293208
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,210,460
Expenses
$2,346,238
Assets
$9,821,402
Liabilities
$4,186,616

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LYNDA TACHE (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • CYNTHIA GOUSSAK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LYNDA TACHE (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO): $81,106 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA GOUSSAK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $55,385 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

IntroductionCollaboration Center Foundation was established in February 2019, to serve and support the lives of families, caregivers and individuals living with Intellectual, Developmental, Physical and Learning Disabilities of all ages, by providing the largest disability resource and support network in Nevada. Mission/VisionCollaboration Center is a safe campus community for inclusion and a disability resource network, focused upon family and peer engagement, social interaction, recreation, therapy, and education to enhance the lives of those touched by Intellectual, Developmental, Physical, and Learning Disabilities (ID/DD/PD/LD) of ALL ages.Our vision is to create the largest collaborative disability network and support model statewide and nationally to help every individual and family member in need of disability related services get connected to the best resources for the greatest outcomes, while creating a safe campus community that meets families where they are and promotes hea

What it reported doing in 2024

Collaboration Center Foundation has a 5-acre campus that serves families, caregivers and individuals living with Intellectual, Developmental, Physical and Learning Disabilities of all ages through case management and care coordination referral program, support groups, education workshops, early childhood programs and transition services, health and wellness programs, vocational training and employment, life skill training, recreation and family events, resource fairs, individual and family counseling, and telehealth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -93.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.19; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 80.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.