Community Energy Conservation Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541090007
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Phone
4342933777
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,416,049
Expenses
$1,421,424
Assets
$205,746
Liabilities
$100,129

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARTIN QUARLES (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LINDA RAYNER (FINANCE DIRE): $63,595 total reported compensation
  • KRISTIN RAYNER (EXECUTIVE DI): $49,715 total reported compensation
  • JOHN GOOCH (EXECUTIVE DI): $16,934 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To weatherize homes of the elderly and low income.

What it reported doing in 2013

Expenses: 863,109; revenue: 143,176 department of health and human services - to provide weatherization to clients of the department of social services and their liheap and crisis programs. Expenses: 9,339; revenue: 9,339 charlottesville energy funds - a program funded by the city of charlottesville to help income qualified with energy efficient improvements. Services include repair/replacement of heating and cooling equipment, seal major air leaks, insulate walls, insulate attics, insulate ductwork, insulate water heaters, and roof repairs. Also, the collection of pre and post utility data.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -51.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $64K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.