Congregations Linked in Urban Strategy to Effect Renewal Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132834016
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Yonkers, NY, USA
Phone
9149636440
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,640,136
Expenses
$8,251,158
Assets
$4,807,560
Liabilities
$2,916,297

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM WEISS (PRESIDENT)
  • JONATHAN K POLLACK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FREDA MACON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TAJAE GAYNOR (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • FREDA MACON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $174,758 total reported compensation
  • KRISTINA YAMIN (CO-DIRECTOR OF MH): $147,982 total reported compensation
  • CLAUDINE WILLIAMS-HAYE (DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH): $142,058 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Cluster community services assists residents in westchester and rockland counties to build a better future for themselves and their communities through services such as: mental health housing, eviction and homelessness prevention, mediation, lemon law arbitration, restorative justice and programs for children and teens that include after-school, summer camp and adolescent life skills development.

What it reported doing in 2024

The westchester and rockland mediation center provides mediation, arbitration and training services to the larger westchester and rockland communities. Through a contract awarded to the center from the New York state unified court, mediation is offered as an option to individuals and families facing a current legal dispute in partnered small claims and family courts. Mediation is also offered to individuals, families, businesses, and school districts on a sliding scale basis when disputes are self-referred. The center offers mediation services for family, civil, landlord-tenant, trust and estate, commercial and matrimonial matters. Through a contract with the New York state dispute resolution association (nysdra), the westchester rockland mediation center provides lemon law arbitration services for cases referred in westchester and rockland county from the attorney general's office. Special education mediation is also offered and provided through a nysdra contract with the New York state department of education (nysed). In 2024, the mediation center provided over 721 mediations in civil, family, supreme, surrogates courts, and school-generated cases.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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; 72nd 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; 63rd 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: -8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $175K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.