Focus Central Pennsylvania Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731653488
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Danville, PA, USA
Phone
8442938719
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,056
Expenses
$179,860
Assets
$109,625
Liabilities
$56,022

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN BRYSON (SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIFER WAKEMAN (CHAIRWOMAN)
  • NICK FELICE (VICE CHAIR)
  • TIMOTHY HIPPENSTEEL (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Attract investment that cultivates economic growth in central Pennsylvania

What it reported doing in 2025

Form 990-ez, part iii - primary exempt purposeto promote new corporate investment that results in growth of family sustaining jobs in central Pennsylvania by being a premier economic development marketingalliance for committed partners.form 990-ez, part iii, line 28 - first accomplishmentpromote new corporate investment in central pennsylvaniathrough pro-active marketing which generates leads andinquiries from companies searching for a location to relocate their business, resulting in the growth and creation of family sustaining jobs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 and program spending has grown recently. 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: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.3%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 25.5%; rating input score 25

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -62%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.3% of revenue deployed · 25.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.