Community Alliance & Reinvestment Endeavors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232611310
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Reading, PA, USA
Phone
6103741880
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,698
Expenses
$130,825
Assets
$155,282
Liabilities
$28,843

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PASTOR ROBERT BROOKINS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PASTOR ROBERT BROOKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • JAY GIBSON (FINANCE DIRE)
  • WILLIE QUICK (TRUSTEE)

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

Inter-city youth support & counseling

What it reported doing in 2024

C.a.r.e. Presently oversees the operation of a diverse range of activities, including, but not limited to: a counseling and referral service for substance abuse, a person outreach program, a food distribution program, a family training program, variety of youth outreach programs, and a community based restaurant called the house of good food.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $127K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.