Consumer Assistance Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042825058
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
East Falmouth, MA, USA
Phone
8455201734
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,586
Expenses
$125,661
Assets
$55,708
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHERINE WALTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ELLIOT GREENE (PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE BLACKWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KEVIN KIRRANE (MEMBER)
  • DIANE KELLY (MEMBER)
  • ANNE-MARIE SIROONIAN (CLERK/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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The consumer assistance council, inc. Has a primary objective to assist and educate consumers and sellers of goods and services about consumer protection law. It's secondary objective is to insure that transactions are conducted in a fair and equitable manner and protect ethical merchants from unjustified complaints.

What it reported doing in 2024

The consumer assistance council, inc. Assited and educated consumers and sellers of goods and services about consumer protection law. The organization also insured that transactions are conducted in a fair and equitable manner and protect ethical merchants from unjustified complaints.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.