Community Youth & Women's Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231365995
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Coatesville, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6103849591
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,230,975
- Expenses
- $1,568,648
- Assets
- $1,519,043
- Liabilities
- $562,401
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LINDA LAVENDER-NORRIS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHARRISSE ALLEN (BOARD MEMBER)
- SUSAN HAMRICK (BOARD MEMBER)
- LILLIE LAVENDER (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Purpose: the cywa draws into membership, men, women and children of diverse background and faiths, that together they may gain personal responsibility, dignity and self-esteem to help eliminate poverty and improve the quality of life in our community. Imperatives: the elimination of racism; directly address the elimination of poverty through the implementation of supportive and independent housing iniatives and programs in education, counseling and community outreach; maintain a program for providing decent housing that is affordable to low - and moderate-income persons; to promte positive child development education; to encourage and support parents in their role as advocates and primary teachers of their children; to provide for the elimination of barriers to healthy family life through education, counseling and community outreach; to promote positive, life-long recovery from the family illness of addictions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Inpatient program: the drug and alcohol program assists alcohol and/or drug addicted women in recovery to maintain continuous sobriety and solidify personal recovery, assists recovering women with children in the development of independent life styles as mothers and head of households, assists in breaking the cycle of intergenerational addiction through direct assistance to the children of addicted women, and provides positive role models. Food distribution program: the cywa currently distributes food two days a week plus one additional "bonus food" day each month serving an average of almost 500 households per month. We work closely with the chester county food bank, philabundance, local grocery stores, organizations and individual markets to provide the most nutritious food options for our community residents. In addition, we provide recipes in english and spanish to allow families the option of preparing fresh produce that are a key part of their health and well-being. The cywa's food distribution program has expanded greatly with the recruitment of enthusiastic volunteers and new food donation resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 82% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.