Community Options, Inc.
Legal name: Community Options Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222964056
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Princeton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6099519900
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $392,932,284
- Expenses
- $376,049,361
- Assets
- $290,900,275
- Liabilities
- $210,418,399
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT STACK (CEO/PRESIDENT)
- LACIE PARKER (REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ROBERT STACK (CEO/PRESIDENT): $2,609,137 total reported compensation
- DAVID SWEENEY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $929,872 total reported compensation
- SVETLANA REPIC-QIRA (EXECUTIVE VP/SECRETARY): $880,557 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Community Options (COI) believes in the dignity of every person, and in the freedom of all people to experience the highest degree of self-determination. Community Options, Inc. of Burlington County, NJ, established in 1992, provides residential and employment support services to individuals with disabilities living in areas such as Mount Laurel, Willingboro, Moorestown, Delran, Florence and Marlton.Community Options, Inc. of Burlington County, NJ, established in 1992, provides residential and employment support services to individuals with disabilities living in areas such as Mount Laurel, Willingboro, Moorestown, Delran, Florence and Marlton. Camden/ Cumberland/ Gloucester Office 502 Salem Avenue.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provides employment counseling and support services to individuals with disabilities. The purpose is to increase the individual's self-esteem while enabling them to contribute to the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $338.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $2.6M · 15 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $12M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 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: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 18 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.