Family Empowerment Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133751820
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Middletown, NY, USA
- Phone
- 8456920022
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,321,061
- Expenses
- $10,350,741
- Assets
- $4,565,484
- Liabilities
- $1,879,658
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES B DESTEFANO (PRESIDENT)
- AMY ANDERSON-WINCHELL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- AMY ANDERSON-WINCHELL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $921,685 total reported compensation
- JAMES B DESTEFANO (PRESIDENT): $305,351 total reported compensation
- MAUDE A ROSADO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $212,522 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide support and rehabilitation services to persons with emotional, developmental and/or physical disabilities
What it reported doing in 2014
Community support - an inclusive program within the community which provides a person-centered day plan using community-based support. Each specialized plan is developed based on the individual's goals interests, and desires, and tailored to meet each individual's needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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.
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: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.8%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.8% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $922K · 31 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $491K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 9 filed related-organization links
- 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 29/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.