Focus on Senior Citizens of Tuscalo
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630646488
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2057583393
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Senior Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,341,231
- Expenses
- $1,294,904
- Assets
- $822,253
- Liabilities
- $427,423
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH T COX (VICE PRESIDE)
- DAVID GAY (BOD)
- TIM GILLIAM (BOD)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Focus on senior citizens was developed to stimulate, encourage, foster and promote the general welfare of the elderly and make the entire community aware of and responsive to the special needs and interests of the elderly and to bring about changes in the community to help satisfy those needs. Focus is committed to the long-range goal of involving as many older citizens as possible in life-affirming situations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Focus senior center- funded by the city and county and the generous donations of local citizens and businesses. The focus senior center is base of operations for four nutrition sites, transportation department, support services and social activities center. Nutrition sites provide nutritious meals under federal guidelines as well as educational and recreational activities. The transportation groups provide wheel car van to transport for any persons ober 65 to medical and therapy appointments, to their volunteer assignments, to information classes at the senior center, on shopping tours and weekend recreation outings. Supportive services assist the elderly in remaining in their home and as independent as long as possible, as well as, providing some financial assistance for the truely low income with utilities and food.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 85% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $91.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.