Community Enhancement Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811131704
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,144,900
Expenses
$750,558
Assets
$487,284
Liabilities
$92,912

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MOWLID JIGRE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISHIRE (PRESIDENTEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $33,533 total reported compensation
  • AHMED ALI (SECRETARYDIRECTOR): $12,300 total reported compensation
  • SHUGRI ALI (TREASURERDIRECTOR): $3,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enhance the communitys economic, social, cultural and educational standards through provision of community services for the economically disadvantaged persons, youth, seniors, disabled, refugees and immigrants and through implementation of community development projects.

What it reported doing in 2020

Community enhancement services (ces)is an organization that provides community services for economically disadvantaged communities, seniors, disabled and, refugees and immigrants communities. Through out 2020/21 fiscal year, ces accomplished: 1. Provided safe and reliable access to healthy, nutritionally food to numerous refugees, seniors and immigrants in the minneapolis, mn area; 2. Provided nutritious meals to students who attended saturday remedial classes; 3. Encouraged refugees and immigrants to learn english; 4. Ces offered after-school nutritous meals to school kids.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.5%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • 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: 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.5% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $623K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.