Connections Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850351806
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2011
Location
Gallup, NM, USA
Phone
5058633377
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,299,968
Expenses
$1,289,375
Assets
$148,191
Liabilities
$68,208

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide child nutrition education, counseling, and community delevopment services for individuals and local governments in mckinley county, New Mexico.

What it reported doing in 2011

Counseling - counseling programs consist of the children's behavior health contract through the state of New Mexico, children youth and families department. The purpose is to strengthen families and prevent inappropriate institutionalization. The service provides assessment and counseling for individuals, families, and groups of troubled youth and their families. Retired senior volunteer program - this program provides opportunities for persons fifty-five and over to volunteer in their community. Funding is provided by a federal and state grant through the state of New Mexico ageing & long-term services. Boys and girls club program - the purpose of this program is to provide administrative support to the boys and girls club of gallup in the form of establishing effective procedures and guidelines that optimize services, training, personnel, and financial resources. Juvenile substance abuse treatment services (jsats)- jsats provides individual, family, and group counseling to youth and their families, drug and alcohol testing, anger management, and life skills development activities. Funding is provided through the local liquor tax assessments. Senior companions program - this program provides opportunities for low income elderly persons to render support services to frail and homebound elderly people in exchange for volunteer stipend payments. Funding is provided by a state grant through the state of New Mexico ageing & long-term services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -30.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2011
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.