Freedom Recreational Services for Youth with Disabilities Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161307227
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3156715119
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,024
Expenses
$77,797
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA CLARK (PRESIDENT)
  • KENN WARD (VICE - PRESIDENT)
  • MARYELLEN PERRY (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DONNA CLARK (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHY HRIBICK (DIRECTOR)
  • NANCY DAMALT (SECRETARY)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Recreation for the disabled. Provides recreational, educational and social activities to youth with disabilities in an integrated setting. Programs include freedom camp, freedom riders, and sibs shop.

What it reported doing in 2017

Recreation for the disabled. Provides recreational, educational and social activities to youth with disabilities in an integrated setting. Programs include frredom camp, freedom riders and sibs shop.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.