Disabilities Education Support Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562192177
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Garner, NC, USA
Phone
9197203759
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,573
Expenses
$60,573
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Robert McCants (Chair)
  • Michele Utley (Vice Chair)
  • Barbara Stephens (Treasurer)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education job training is provided to people with intellectual disabilities and other related disabilities, once this training is complete, the organization hopes to place these individuals in the workforce.

What it reported doing in 2016

The program identifies, screen, train and prepare students in the Wake County Public School System for jobs in the landscaping business, prepare them as mangers and operators of a landscaping or janitorial business and provide local companies with professionally trained staff. DESC is committed to providing individuals the skills, knowledge and resources to be competitive in the job market, to have staying power, to become business owners and function in society. Over the past four years DESC has served over 250 students from 10 different high schools including students from the Governor Morehead School for the Blind and the Longview Alternative School. Many of our students have diagnosis's such as Down Syndrome, Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blindness, Emotional and Behavior Challenges, etc. This year we reached out to additional students with behavior challenges; to show them a positive path forward.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.3%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 44.3%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -37.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.3% of revenue deployed · 44.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.