Episcopal Service Corps

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263185211
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Phone
8046433589
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voluntarism Promotion
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,189
Expenses
$79,501
Assets
$26,399
Liabilities
$3,883

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jason Sierra (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jason Sierra (President)
  • Sarah Nolan (Treasurer)
  • Emmy Corey (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Episcopal Services Corps, NFP supports faithful, diverse and caring communities of young adults, by striving for justice and peace among all people.

What it reported doing in 2017

Episcopal Services Corps, NFP (ESC), develops and supports a national network of intentional communities in the Episcopal church. ESC's communities are marked by young adults servicing others in solidarity, promoting justice in the community, deepening spiritual awareness and vocational discernment, and living simply in the Christian Community. ESC communities are separately organized, autonomous entities and are young adult service programs affiliated with the Episcopal church. ESC provides publicity, recruitment and program development and support services for its communities.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.2%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 21.8%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -78.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.2% of revenue deployed · 21.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.