Downtown Services Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522159591
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026383232
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Homeless Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,760
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEIL ALBERT (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NEIL ALBERT (PRESIDENT): $415,459 total reported compensation
  • BERTHA A GAYMON (FISCAL AGENT THROUGH 9/30/19): $236,768 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation has been organized to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including, but not limited to, facilitating the provision of services in a coordinated and comprehensive fashion to meet the needs, and to relieve the distress of homeless individuals and families in Washington dc.

What it reported doing in 2019

Homelessness - coordinated services for homeless people in downtown dc, as well as helped to move people off the streets of downtown dc and into better placements. This was accomplished by coordinating meetings of the coalition of housing and homelessness organizations, the interagency coordinating council on homelessness and the outreach focus group.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3,087%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $415K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.