Dispute Resolution Institute Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263656252
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Carbondale, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6185491200
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Dispute Resolution, Mediation Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $348,152
- Expenses
- $239,229
- Assets
- $311,127
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BENJAMIN W REED (Vice President)
- SARAH TAYLOR (President)
Highest reported compensation
- MELISSA GREATHOUSE (Executive Dir.): $104,829 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of dispute resolution institute, inc. (dri) is to help people in conflict find common ground, resolve disputes, and reach agreements. We envision a world where mediation and other forms of dispute resolution are the first choice for people in conflict.
What it reported doing in 2020
St. Clair county foreclosure mediation program: dri administers the st. Clair mandatory mediation program on behalf of the st. Clair county chief judge's office. This mandatory mediation program provides foreclosure education and mediation services to homeowners in foreclosure and their lenders. Every homeowner in st. Clair county has the opportunity to meet with program staff to learn about the foreclosure process, and if they meet the requirements of the local rule, they have the opportunity to sit down with the lender/servicer and their attorney to discuss what options are available to them. Dri has managed this program since it began in january of 2014. Previously the program was funded by a pilot grant program from the Illinois attorney general's office, and is now funded by the st. Clair county foreclosure mediation fund.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 26
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.6%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.6% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $225K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2013 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.