Exodus Transitional Community Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311731465
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9174920990
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,123,010
Expenses
$12,558,309
Assets
$14,406,914
Liabilities
$16,639,283

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIO MEDINA (MEMBER OF THE BOARD / CEO)
  • KANDRA CLARK (VICE PRESIDENT POLICY & STRATEGY)
  • NORA REISSIG (VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT & PROG)

Highest reported compensation

  • JULIO MEDINA (MEMBER OF THE BOARD / CEO): $203,835 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEE BERNIER (MEMBER OF THE BOARD / VP OPERATIONS): $145,098 total reported compensation
  • GIL AVILES (SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER): $136,860 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide supportive services to formerly incarcerated men and women in order to help them reintegrate into their communities, thereby achieving social and economic well-being and breaking the cycle of recidivism.

What it reported doing in 2024

Exodus transitional community inc. (etc) assists individuals transitioning from correctional institutions to society by providing holistic services, including discharge planning and transition coordination support; case management and workforce readiness programming; assistance obtaining employment and permanent housing; group counseling; substance use treatment referrals; access to health care; mentoring; preventive programs for youth; alternatives to incarceration; and trauma-informed services. Etc also provides enhanced reentry services for returning citizens, including support for reentrants who may otherwise be homeless or unstably housed; connections to employment opportunities; mental and physical health supports; food delivery; clothing; transportation assistance through metro cards; cell phones; benefits activation; substance use intervention; family reunification; motivational interviewing; and transition planning from hotels.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 65% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th 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: -3.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.15; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $204K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.