Department of Persons with Disabilities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222446394
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oak Ridge, NJ, USA
Phone
9734061102
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,802,084
Expenses
$13,208,205
Assets
$9,312,977
Liabilities
$1,842,078

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENNIS MURRAY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • REVEREND MARTIN GLYNN (PRESIDENT)
  • MSGR HERBERT K TILLYER PA (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • SCOTT MILLIKEN (CEO)
  • JOANNA MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT MILLIKEN (CEO): $237,005 total reported compensation
  • JOANNA MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $205,620 total reported compensation
  • MUKESH SAXENA (CFO): $195,454 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We provide residential, vocational, social and spiritual programs for persons with developmental disabilities. We offer opportunities to become more active and valued members of society, and to participate fully in life with dignity and peace.

What it reported doing in 2024

Group home and supervised apartments: the organization offers residential services that include 10 homes and 5 apartments in which the organization provides the clients with personal care including bathing, toileting, feeding, transferring, and engaging the residents in meaningful activities. Helping residents to cope with serious illnesses and even death has become a significant part of these services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $237K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $453K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.