Gilda's Club Western New York Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161575630
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017
- Location
- Cheektowaga, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7166861900
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $136,276
- Expenses
- $29,597
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER KERR MD (CMO/ CEO)
- PATRICK T FLYNN (PRESIDENT OF HOSPICE FOUND)
- PATRICIA AHERN (FORMER CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER KERR MD (CMO/ CEO): $449,366 total reported compensation
- MAUREEN M LEHSTEN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $272,664 total reported compensation
- PATRICIA AHERN (FORMER CEO): $237,273 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide counseling, emotional and social support, education, information and resources to individuals living with illness and support their families with issues surrounding loss, grief and death. The programs offered are a combination of support, networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events.
What it reported doing in 2017
Provided emotional and social support to individuals living with illness as a supplement to medical care. Program activity ceased on may 23, 2017.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 97
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 78.3%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 466.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 106.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $449K · 26 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2017
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 7 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.