Contemporary Guidance Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 132730776
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016
- Location
- Old Bethpage, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5168701600
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,971,857
- Expenses
- $4,438,727
- Assets
- $1,124,932
- Liabilities
- $1,886,709
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVEN GOLDIN (acting President)
- robert s budd (ceo)
- christopher long (president)
People named in this filing
- STEVEN GOLDIN (acting President)
- MARTY GERBER (SECRETARY)
- CHARLES HYMAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To enhance the growth, development and independence of persons with disabilities through person-centered therapeutic, instructional and vocational rehabilitation leading to a broad spectrum of employment opportunities and full integration into community living.
What it reported doing in 2016
Medicaid service coordination ("msc") - service coordination assists persons with developmental disabilities and their families in gaining access to services and support appropriate to their needs. Qualified service coordinators use a person-centered planning process in developing, implementing, and maintaining an individualized service plan.family support services - the respite program at cgs provides individuals aged 13-21 with developmental disabilities a structured, safe, and supervised program during school holidays and scheduled closings. The program provides a variety of social and recreational activities and opportunities for community integration and includes transportation to and from the participants' homes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.68; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $269K reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.