Collaborative Effort to Reinforce Transition Success Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010592853
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New Castle, DE, USA
Phone
3027310301
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,023,268
Expenses
$2,087,947
Assets
$2,952,876
Liabilities
$1,175,181

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CINDY JENKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • BLERTA PROFIRI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CINDY JENKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • BLERTA PROFIRI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM HUDSON (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to enrich the lives of adults with multiple, severe disabilities through a stimulating, person-centered, therapeutic day habilitation program that increases independence in each participant's social and functional life skills. The forward journey adult day services provides a unique program with a level of service that differentiates it from all other day-habilitation programs. For the health and safety of our participants, the forward journey programs are staff and resource intensive. The program was designed for people graduating from the school system who have been or would be unsuccessful in other programs because of their intense medical needs. It is our belief that the forward journey program will keep these adults as independent as possible, allowing them to live at home with their parents for as long as possible and keep them out of the hospital and nursing homes or other institutions.

What it reported doing in 2024

The participants in the forward journey program have specific needs that include, but are not limited to the following: communications - most of the participants use means other than verbal speech or are non-verbal.non-ambulatory - many spend the majority of their time in a wheelchair or other specialized equipment.personal care - all need help with bathrooming, eating and most other activities of daily living.medically fragile - a large percentage of participants have a feeding tube and almost 100% of the young adults have a seizure disorder. We have had adults with tracheotomies as well.it is these very significant health needs that have kept the participants from attending other day programs or, in the worst cases, not being able to stay at home with their families and needing to move into a nursing home or other institution.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.