Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 113579493
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Yonkers, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9143752151
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Grantmaking Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,704,112
- Expenses
- $1,997,027
- Assets
- $1,988,141
- Liabilities
- $430,169
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ODED HOLZINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ODED HOLZINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $152,438 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Groundwork hudson valley's mission is to transform urban neighborhoods through partnerships that inspire young leaders and support local economic development.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth leadership: groundwork hudson valley trains, mentors, and employs youth in conservation, leadership, and real-world skill-building preparing them for careers in sustainability and beyond. Through the green team program, yonkers public high school students gain paid, hands-on job experience in conservation, stem, and urban renewal. With small team sizes, we foster strong relationships, teamwork, and long-term growth. For over a decade, the green team has set the standard for youth conservation programs nationwide. Beyond local projects, students gain hands-on experience in america's iconic national parks including yellowstone national park, gateway national recreation area, and lenape wildlife national refuge complex. In 2024, 45 youth were hired for paid positions. They built and installed three bioswales and four drainage systems in areas of great need, planted 65 trees, and dedicated 4,890 hours to improving parks, gardens, green infrastructure, and the physical environments of their communities and 210 hours to civic engagement and outreach.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
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: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: -17.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 74.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 15 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.