Global Center for Success Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710896807
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Vallejo, CA, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Centers
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,519
Expenses
$64,764
Assets
$76,446
Liabilities
$15,730

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RENATO M BERNARDES (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIREC)
  • CHARLES DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES JACKSON (DIRECTOR)
  • MICHAEL BROWN (DIRECTOR)
  • RICHARD PORTER (DIRECTOR)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Since 2001, the global center for success(gcs)assists thousands of unemployed homeless clients to gain skills to re-enter the job market and community with vallejos lords fellowship center, christian help center emergency shelter and other collaborative agencies.

What it reported doing in 2021

Global center for success provides over 1000 full weekly scheduled class hours to assist training and employment placing of disadvantaged, unemployed, homeless individuals. Gcs offers classes in life rebuilding, anger management, resume writing, credit repair, computer and office skills. We establish contacts with governmental agencies and private employers for employment placement. Gcs provides temporary housing and assist clients to permanent housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2021
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.