Commonpoint

Legal name: Commonpoint Ny Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113071518
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Little Neck, New York, USA
Phone
(718) 225-6750
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,884,508
Expenses
$84,670,402
Assets
$93,053,162
Liabilities
$35,719,214

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELLE ELLMAN (PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIELLE ELLMAN (PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER): $656,069 total reported compensation
  • CRAIG LASTRES (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $314,674 total reported compensation
  • DANIELLE HERSCH (CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER): $275,990 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Commonpoint NY Inc. is a multiservice nonprofit organization based in Queens, New York, serving individuals and families across all life stages.

What it reported doing in 2024

Older adults + mental health: through socialization, health and wellness, memory care and programs designed to keep older adults safely in their omes, the agency is deeply committed to serving the evolving needs of individuals over the age of 60. Through the procurement of government grants, philanthropic funding and foundation support, commonpoint has created a pervasive, comprehensive, multi-sited array of programs and services that support the well-being, independence and integrity of over 10,000 older adults who reside in queens, including a mental health clinic that provides office based and home based services as well as crisis case management, senior transportation services, three older adult centers, alzheimer family respite and early stage services, three community-based naturally occurring retirement supportive services programs, trips, health and wellness activities, bereavement groups, entitlement counseling and advocacy and exercise classes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $118.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $72M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $656K · 32 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.7M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.