Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911741016
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2069230917
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,376,409
Expenses
$4,032,969
Assets
$25,848,168
Liabilities
$20,450,826

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AARON EDENSHAW (PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT SCHUBERT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID A BESTOCK (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • IMANI R SIMS (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID A BESTOCK (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $113,723 total reported compensation
  • MESHA M FLORENTINO (CO-ED(EFF 4/23)/B. MEMBER(THRU 4/23)): $83,170 total reported compensation
  • IMANI R SIMS (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $66,110 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dnda's mission is to integrate art, nature, and neighborhood to build and sustain a dynamic delridge.

What it reported doing in 2023

Nature and environmental restoration: dnda currently runs several environmental programs, including the urban forest restoration program and the wetlands restoration and stewardship project. The urban forest restoration program is a long-term ongoing habitat restoration, stewardship and education project in the west duwamish greenbelt (wdg). The wdg is the largest remaining contiguous forest in seattle, and is an important ecological resource for the entire king county region. It is home to a wide range of bird species and wildlife, providing recreation opportunities for the region's residents. Dnda recruits and trains volunteers to properly care for 60+ acres of this majestic greenspace. Dnda's wetlands restoration and stewardship project seeks to protect, restore, preserve and expand the existing wetland at 23rd ave sw and sw findlay st., to improve water quality in longfellow creek, develop the space as a public park for all to enjoy, create an urban garden, a community orchard, and develop the space as an outdoor classroom for local students to learn handson environmental science and wetland stewardship. Dnda also has a long history working for food justice, seeking to provide healthy and affordable food options to local residents. Dnda spearheaded the healthy corner stores project, successfully bringing fresh produce into corner stores along delridge, and one of dnda's food justice programs, feest (food empowerment environment sustainability team), is now its own organization and a nationally recognized and replicated model for engaging youth in nutrition and food systems change. Dnda continues to work in support of increased access to affordable healthy foods in delridge, as part of its suite of environmental programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.41; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.