Community Mayors Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
116077795
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
9082689016
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,903
Expenses
$93,221
Assets
$38,882
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HON SHELLY DELLA ROCCA (CEO/PRES/CHIEF MAYOR/CM BEDMINSTER)

People named in this filing

  • HON CHRISTINE O'CONNOR (VP/DEP CHIEF MAYOR/CM ATL HIGHLANDS)
  • HON SHELLY DELLA ROCCA (CEO/PRES/CHIEF MAYOR/CM BEDMINSTER)
  • HON VINCENT PETRARO ESQ (VP EMER/DEP CHIEF MAYOR/CM MIDTOWN)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Community mayors, inc. Is an all-volunteer organization providing recreational therapy for children with special needs from the ny metro area for more than sixty years. Over 30,000 special children benefit each year from the numerous events organized and sponsored by the community mayors, including operation santa claus, summer camp scholarhip program, interactions with college athletes and outings to memorable places such as the bronx zoo, New York aquarium, intrepid sea air and space museum, and botanical gardens.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarship programs: awarded to a student at poly prep school who volunteers at a community mayors' event and submits an essay on community service which is judged by a committee of poly prep educators and the chief mayor. Additionally up to five financially needy children from nyc doe district 75 are awarded a scholarship of up to $2000 to pay for up to two weeks of sleep away summer camp. The family of the child chooses the camp based on the child's special needs. The awardees, one from each borough, are recommended by the district 75 staff and approved by the community mayors camp scholarship committee.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.