The Neighborhood Center

Legal name: Easton Area Neighborhood Centers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232039194
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2022
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Easton, PA, US
Phone
610-253-4253
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$366,425
Expenses
$473,990
Assets
$368,556
Liabilities
$172,679

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ISLA L LONG ESQ (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBORAH BYRD PHD (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • SIMON WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (1/1/2023-6/30/2023))
  • ROSS MARCUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (7/1/2022-12/31/2022))

Highest reported compensation

  • ROSS MARCUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (7/1/2022-12/31/2022)): $88,415 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Easton Area Neighborhood Center helps individuals and families access food, navigate challenges, and build stability – while creating space for our community to come together.

What it reported doing in 2022

To provide outreach services in helping the disadvantaged to cope with everyday living. Services include guidance for health, housing, food, clothing, transportation, family, schooling, and employment.

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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $362K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $88K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2022
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.