Edwards Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930630002
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone
5036421581
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Sheltered Employment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,318,552
Expenses
$12,823,747
Assets
$25,049,983
Liabilities
$2,910,140

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEAN EDWARDS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BUDDY HARRIS (DIRECT SUPPO): $186,826 total reported compensation
  • ALLEN CRESS (EXECUTIVE DI): $157,972 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN AUTREY (FINANCE MANA): $156,291 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

It is our mission to enhance the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities by helping them reach their highest potential through training, education, employment, housing and social opportunities in safe, healthy and stimulating environments.

What it reported doing in 2024

Employment services edwards center provides supported employment for businesses searching for a worker(s) and has been matching employers with employees since 1972. We specialize in full, part-time, and small group employment for short or long-term jobs. Part-time employment specializes in filling positions ranging from 8 20 hours per week, which allows efficient redistribution of tasks and existing workloads within your business. Businesses often find that they are able to save time and money by hiring part time employees through edwards center. Through our diverse talent pool, we will match a qualified individual to fit your specific employment needs and unique business culture.our small-group employment brings a pool of 3 to 8 workers to your business to accomplish on-going or short term project. All services offer an edwards center job coach to assist in training, quality control and development for your worker. This program serves 44 individuals with developmental disabilites. Community living supports edwards center offers day support services in aloha that provide alternatives to employment for people who are retired, and stay socially connected to their peers. During the day, staff lead group activities that promote continuing education and social stimulation. It may include community outings, social skill building and therapies. Community living supports also includes path to employment training for job seeking individuals. This program serves 41 individuals with develpmental disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 10.4%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.