Community in Motion

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910786572
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Vancouver, WA, USA
Phone
3606946577
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,605,829
Expenses
$15,321,002
Assets
$4,077,407
Liabilities
$2,409,337

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WALT GORDON (PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINE GRAHAM (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEANANNE EDWARDS (EXEC. DIRECTOR): $123,791 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to connect our neighbors with access to reliable transportation options that support healthy, independent living.

What it reported doing in 2024

Transportation services includes the following: medical transportation - authorize and schedule medical transportation to covered medical services for medicaid recipients living in clark, cowlitz, klickitat, skamania and wahkiakum counties.employment transportation - transportation services for low-income people including seniors and people with disabilities in clark county needing transportation assistance to employment sites, job training, job searches, job interviews, and other work-related activities.the reserve-a-ride program provides transportation assistance to people with a disability or older citizens who are residents of clark, cowlitz, or wahkiakum counties that need transportation to life-sustaining medical appointments, general medical appointments and other transportation as funding allows.volunteers in motion provides transportation through volunteer drivers to seniors and those with a disability living in clark county that do not have other transporation options. The volunteer center includes many volunteer-based programs involving volunteers between the ages of 18 and 54. The retired senior volunteer program (rsvp) serves volunteers 55 years and older. This also includes the vista americorp program.north clark county shuttle provides free shuttle transportation into battle ground for medical appointments, shopping, meal sites, community services, socialization opportunities, and more. The shuttle is available to residents of north clark county based on geographic area who are seniors, persons with disabilities or those socially isolated.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 66th 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.