Conflict Resolution Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232172682
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Lancaster, PA, USA
Phone
7173972404
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dispute Resolution, Mediation Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,790
Expenses
$58,192
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN HUBER (PRESIDENT)
  • MEEK DAYE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MILA PILZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN HUBER (PRESIDENT)
  • MEEK DAYE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA SPIEGELBERG (SECRETARY)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the organization is to promote peaceful conflict resolution through affordable mediation services and high quality training

What it reported doing in 2016

Mediation services - mediation is the process by which a trained third-party facilitates communication and decision making among parties to resolve current or ongoing disputes. Through a thoughtful, dialogue-based, and confidential mediation process, parties are provided with valuable opportunities to resolve conflict, dissolve misunderstanding, expel miscommunication, and reach a mutually acceptable agreement.mediation sessions may involve community issues, neighbor disputes, landlord/tenant issues, divorce/child custody, elder care issues and business conflicts

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 62% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.1%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 56.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.1% of revenue deployed · 21.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2016
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.