Congress of Racial Equality Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270910193
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Bronx, NY, USA
Phone
2125984000
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Minority Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,647
Expenses
$36,177
Assets
$2,565
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • George Holmes (President)

People named in this filing

  • Roy Innis (Chairman)
  • George Holmes (President)
  • Connie Miranda (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote Civil & Human Rights; Promote racial harmony, tolerance and understanding among all people; Promote peace and justice for all people; Assist the destitute and underprivileged people in our community.

What it reported doing in 2013

Community Outreach - Includes Image Enhancement Programs; Community Development Services; International Affairs; Voter Education & information dissemination; Assistance to victims and witnesses of crime; Anti-crime campaigns; anti-drug campaigns and crisis response teams.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -52.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -55.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -55.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.