Diverse Ability Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820853601
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
6024255135
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$629,639
Expenses
$573,724
Assets
$333,434
Liabilities
$19,037

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Susan Voirol (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Susan Voirol (Executive Director): $80,000 total reported compensation
  • Harrison Verma (Treasurer): $1,479 total reported compensation
  • Nikki Trevizo (Youth Member): $1,050 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mission: Diverse Ability Incorporated (DAI), as a youth driven nonprofit organization, empowers youth and young adults who have disabilities on their journeys to independence through peer-based programs and services. Continued on Schedule O.

What it reported doing in 2024

DAI provided training, education, navigation, and technical assistance to youth, families, young adult peer leaders, and professionals throughout the State of Arizona, by way of our overarching Arizona Youth Leadership and Engagement Initiatives. This includes the Arizona Youth Leadership Forum, Arizona Youth Engagement Academy, Person Centered Planning, Skills to Pay the Bills, and peer navigation for youth and young adults with disabilities navigating their respective pathways to young adulthood. 350 youth/young adults, peer staff members and peer leaders who have disabilities participated in, presented, joined and/or facilitated the training and engagement opportunities outlined in this response. 124 Person-Centered Plans were facilitated in classrooms and in AZYLF, 2 AZYLFs were offered/held with 26 AZYLF graduates, 3 AZYEAs were offered/held; 16 AZYEA graduates, 52 one-to-one Peer Navigation services were provided, 36 youth participated in Skills to Pay the Bills in classrooms, and public workshops. We engaged 18 trained youth peer leaders in leadership activities; attended numerous outreach events to disseminate information on DAI, and facilitated several sessions and/or presentations at conferences, summits, institutes, in schools and the community. All youth who participated completed the services they engaged in; success included: Strengthened their self-determination and self-advocacy skills; Utilized their voice as a youth/young adults who has lived experience; Enhanced, sharpened, practiced, grew, and put into practice learned leadership, work readiness, and independent living skills; Created or facilitated Person-Centered Plans; Participated in community and civic engagement, volunteerism and service learning. Continued on Schedule O.

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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $497K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.