Community Awareness and Prevention Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341473770
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Brecksville, OH, USA
Phone
4407404750
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,087
Expenses
$99,701
Assets
$60,622
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Kelly Lazar (Coalition Director): $71,400 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The capa coalition has implemented numerous preventation activities and initiatives aimed at creating education and awareness about alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug use. Capa also provided training and technical assistance to youth and adult advisors to facilitate youth-led prevention targeting tobacco use, access and advertising of toba

What it reported doing in 2024

The capa coalition has implemented numerous preventation activities and initiatives aimed at creating education and awareness about alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug use. Capa also provided training and technical assista

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.7%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 51%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 1st 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: 42.9%; rating input score 43; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 51.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.7% of revenue deployed · 51% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 13 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 43/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX CompCurrentOfficersDirectors column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherEmployeeBenefits column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.