Community College of Philadelphia Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232612698
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2157518502
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,528,966
- Expenses
- $3,417,581
- Assets
- $26,244,078
- Liabilities
- $924,482
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEANA GAMBLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TIMOTHY N SPREITZER (PRESIDENT)
- ELLYN JO WALLER (PRESIDENT (THRU 04/25))
- MELLISSIA ZANJANI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MELLISSIA ZANJANI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $208,687 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 community college of philadelphia (ccp) foundation enhances and enriches the educational experiences of community college of philadelphia students by providing external resources to support the college's mission. As the private fund (cont'd on schedule o)as the fundraising arm of the college, the foundation exists solely to support the college's mission by bringing together community leaders who will serve as ambassadors of the college, broadening the college's image within the community. The foundation serves the college by creating partnerships with individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations to raise private gifts for scholarships, student success programming and initiatives, instructional equipment, professional development, and facility, furniture, and equipment needs of the college.
What it reported doing in 2024
Grants and gifts to support student and faculty programs and other special projects at community college of philadelphia. These include student success and support initiatives, faculty support, and community engagement, including a small business training program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.68; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $209K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.