Family Promise of Berks County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204557683
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Reading, PA, USA
Phone
6103733323
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$458,641
Expenses
$468,667
Assets
$584,477
Liabilities
$3,536

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNDI DIMOVITZ (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER ROTHERMEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JILL GLOSE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JILL GLOSE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $78,163 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 homeless families with temporary accommodations as well as case management services to help families gain self sufficiency.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fiscal year 2024-2025 outcomes: hospitality network/bridge house program: shelter: 138 individuals served 654 hours of direct client service 60% of guests were children 4,945 bed nights 825 monday meal ministry meals delivered by host congregations 95 individuals received case management services average stay is 100 days nearly $5,000 in gift cards (redner's, giant, weis, walmart, target, visa, wawa, etc,) u turn program: youth served: 53 youth ages 17-24 (services provided: light budgeting, work force development, resource acquisition, apartment locator, funds for move in costs, bus passes, documentation recovery, referrals to appropriate community resource, help with application completion and fees, bicycles, clothing, rent and security deposits, food, luggage, transportation, advocacy, geds, connections to mental health and recovery services and so much more) 560 hours of direct client services day center used for: cooking, connectivity, leisure, showers, laundry, socializing, use of computer, use of tv rent & utility assistance program: total funding utilized: $40k lehigh valley community foundation and remaining esg funds homeless prevention (risk of eviction/utility shut off): 160 individuals (75 adults and 85 children)rapid re-housing (homeless): 50 individuals (20 adults and 30 children)short term case management: 67 individuals services and food insecurity- distributions: bus passes: over 100 to include one trip passes, monthly and 10 trip passes (donor and grant funded)in-kind meal donations: 825 meals, 60 from organizations other than inter-faith congregationsholiday gifts: served 45 individuals at christmas from 20 sponsorswawa food donations: 1,979 sandwicheshelping harvest: 3,417 pounds of food and beveragesnew york bagelry: over 400 bagels donated

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2,619.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $441K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.