Disability Resource Network Inc

Overview

Mission

The disability resource network is dedicated to providing young adults with the skills they need to become positive and productive members of their communities. We encourage our clients to become actively involved in directing their own lives, across the spectrum of academic, vocational, living, social, and recreation domains.we believe that regardless of disability our young people can learn to make their own decisions and achieve independence. We strive to put an end to the societal stigma that often attaches to disability, and eliminate obstacles to inclusion, both real and perceived. We believe that by both encouraging young adults to live independently, and educating our communities, we can help motivate society as a whole to join the effort to remove physical, social, and opportunistic barriers that currently exist.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 84
• Transparency & Controls: 65
• Accountability: 44
• Sustainability: 12
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $444K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
• Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2021
• 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.

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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.