Concerned Citizen Community Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471684393
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2162150801
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Citizen Participation

Reported finances

Revenue
$194,980
Expenses
$52,948
Assets
$687,188
Liabilities
$35,679

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marion A Gardne (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Marion A Gardne (Executive Director)
  • Shanequa Patterson (Assistant Director)
  • Patrica Stevenson (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

C4's mission from the earliest days has been "to empower our residents and strengthen our neighborhood in order to make Mt. Pleasant a desirable and safe place to work, reside and educate a family, shop, entertain and age." Our mission is putting "Neighbor" back in front of "hood" in neighborhood. We work to provide the community with what it needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Council provides the community with food, clothing, miscellaneous necessities, and services. Offering information, services and programming that provides access to affordable housing, economic opportunities, social service assistance and resources to address food insecurity. While addressing basic needs and safety of the community. The Council also sponsors occupational/ educational, economic and nutritional development programming. Core Services: Certified "emergency food pantry." Provides free clothing and house ware; Coordinates neighborhood and house cleanups; Manages free community gardens and greenhouses; Sponsor regular drives for food, coats and school supplies; Conducts frequent educational events and community meetings; Partners closely with the Fourth district police, nine churches and two mosques to keep the peace; Collaborates closely with multiple community groups to prevent programming duplication and provide wrap around services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.8%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • 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: Fail
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 72.8%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.98; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 54.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.8% of revenue deployed · 54.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.