Community Alliance of the Far Eastside Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352018453
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3178903288
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,649,589
- Expenses
- $3,920,271
- Assets
- $8,155,779
- Liabilities
- $808,950
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KENDRA NOWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- KENDRA NOWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $118,430 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cafe is committed to engaging adults, youth and seniors in a community network that strives to keep families strong, empowered and connected through opportunities for leadership , self sufficiency, asset building and social activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Great families - great families is a 2gen program opportunity for families, focused on parents and children simultaneously with the purpose of providing pathways for their success and stability through education, financial security, and overall health. Once enrolled families will receive: - family support coach meets with the parents to discuss overall family needs such as health, education, and referral to additional community supports. - student success coach meets with the students for tutoring and other learning opportunities. - financial coach meets with the parent one-on-one to discuss things such as budgeting, credit building, and saving.core componentscafe will provide key components of 2gen services for families related to education, securing and maintaining employment, health, and wellbeing, community engagement, and identifying and acquiring assets to encourage upward mobility including: - bundled services: employment assistance, financial coaching, income supports, basic education, and language learning based on each individual's needs. - family goal setting: once a family is enrolled in the program, our coaches will work with them to establish goals specific to their needs. - student education: children will have access to additional educational tools and support in conjunction with participating school curriculum.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 72%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $18,480.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: -48%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 72% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.