Erie Neighborhood House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363043253
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3125635800
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,266,612
Expenses
$14,835,889
Assets
$14,411,692
Liabilities
$3,712,422

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEATHER MEJIA (PRESIDENT)
  • LAVINE DOUGLAS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CRISTINA DE LA ROSA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CRISTINA DE LA ROSA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $161,729 total reported compensation
  • ISAIAS SOLIS (SR. DIR. OF PROGRAMS): $132,002 total reported compensation
  • LESLIE OKAMURA (SR. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $118,111 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Erie neighborhood house provides the most comprehensive support to immigrant and low-income families in chicago. Our mission is to empower our communitylatinx immigrants alongside individuals and families of all backgroundsthrough education, access to critical services, and advocacy, working together to create a just and inclusive society. We categorize our programs into five service areas: adult education & training, children & youth, community resources & empowerment, legal services, and mental health & community wellness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Elp offers three year-round, age-appropriate programming options for children and youth: (1) youth options unlimited, which improves academic attainment and life skills and offers safe, recreational alternatives for at-risk youth ages 12-18; (2) school age program, which offers an array of enrichment services for youth ages 5-12 to include elementary literacy, academic support mentoring, social-emotional health support, health education, physical activity, and field trips; (3) reads, which is a tutoring program designed to improve 1st-3rd graders' literacy skills for children referred to erie house by our partner schools in little village.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 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: 2.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $12.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $283K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.