District of Columbia Promise Neighborhood Initiative Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270675043
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024866567
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,883,179
Expenses
$7,162,155
Assets
$435,577
Liabilities
$438,521

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY BROWN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARY BROWN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $233,957 total reported compensation
  • RUSTIN LEWIS (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $158,429 total reported compensation
  • VININCIA DORSEY (DIRECTOR OF HR & ADMIN): $149,165 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dcpni supports all members of the kenilworth-parkside community in

What it reported doing in 2017

Education & learning: the building blocks to a successful academic career begins with providing opportunities to engage infants and toddlers in skill development that will support literacy and numeracy learning. Dcpni's stay and play and take and play programs are a hallmark of this effort. The k-12 transformation is enhanced by partnerships developed with designated schools within the kenilworth parkside footprint. Dcpni continues to operate a successful out of school time program which resides both in the community and in the school setting. This program provides tutoring, media arts/technology, health/fitness, performing arts, and college career readniness to those participants served. The overall objectives are as follows: 1) address learning loss and support academic proficiency, 2) provide mentors and role models, and 3) promote healthy living through proper nutrition and physical fitness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $5.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $234K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $640K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.