Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232823542
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Allentown, PA, USA
Phone
6102890114
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitative Medical Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,839,227
Expenses
$4,218,722
Assets
$4,575,042
Liabilities
$630,265

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MINDY MCCORMICK (PRESIDENT & CEO, SECRETARY)

Highest reported compensation

  • MINDY MCCORMICK (PRESIDENT & CEO, SECRETARY): $127,185 total reported compensation
  • RUBY FRETZ (VP OF FINANCE & ADMIN THRU MAY 2025): $93,470 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Easter seals eastern pa creates life-changing solutions for individuals with disablities and their families in their community by increasing independence, maximizing opportunities, minimizing barriers and enhancing quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Recreation: camp lily-lehigh valley and camp lily-berks are summer day camps offered in a series of one-week sessions, monday-friday, for six weeks in july and august. Children age 8 through 21 enjoy a full schedule of arts and crafts activities, outdoor sports, swimming, music, games, science exploration and guests teaching special topics.easterseals camp growing green is an overnight summer camp for children and adults with disabilities held at the pocono environmental education center. Campers participate in environmentally focused activities as well as typical camp activities such as hiking, canoeing, sports and arts & crafts. Camp is offered in a series of one-week sessions, sunday-friday, for six weeks in july and august.weekend respite camp provides two days and two nights of overnight fun at the pocono environmental education center. Modeled after our successful overnight summer camp, activities include arts & crafts, birdwatching, hiking, animal studies, recreation and more. Offered in the spring and fall for ages 10 to adult.hang time is an evening recreation program that allows teens and young adults to meet up weekly to socialize, make new friends and enjoy fun activities. Hang time is offered in 8-week sessions from october through may, and serves the residents of berks county.during fy 2024-2025, easterseals provided recreational programs to 454 persons.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th 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: 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; 63rd 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: -9.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.