East Side House Settlement

Legal name: East Side House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131623989
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bronx, NY, USA
Phone
7186655250
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Recreational Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,021,402
Expenses
$28,523,663
Assets
$100,555,841
Liabilities
$60,455,145

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

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THADDEUS GRAY (PRESIDENT)
  • WENDY HOLMES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DOLORES O'BRIEN MILLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL DIAZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL DIAZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $443,905 total reported compensation
  • SYDNEY S MOSHETTE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $245,514 total reported compensation
  • NATALIE M LOZADA-RAMIREZ (ASSOC. EXEC DIR. OF PROGRAM): $224,506 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

East Side House is a community-based social service organization that recognizes education and workforce as the gateway out of poverty for the children and families we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Early childhood and day care program: the early childhood head start and early head start program at east side house settlement (esh) provides a comprehensive preschool education and social programs designed to foster the development of young children. Catering to approximately 161 children, this program offers a nurturing environment that focuses on the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of each child. Our commitment is to deliver education and care with the utmost respect, responsibility, and dignity. Key components of our program include: 1. Education component: focuses on enhancing children's cognitive and social skills through structured learning and play. 2. Family support services: engages with parents and guardians to ensure the well-being of families, providing educational, nutritional, and health services to support children's transition into public schools. Children aged 2-5 benefit from a range of services that prepare them for future academic success.1) the education component works with children in order to promote their cognitive and social development.2) the social services component works with parents/guardians to assist them in meeting the needs of the entire family. Our preschool and toddler services are provided for children 2-5 years of age. Children and families receive a broad range of educational, social service, nutritional and preventative health services as well as services to support their transition into the public schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 62% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.53; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $444K · 36 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.