Hinge Neighbors Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824683673
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Rochester, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5857503127
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Neighborhood, Block Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,339
- Expenses
- $11,843
- Assets
- $40,500
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Suzanne Mayer (President)
- Shawn Dunwoody (Vice President)
- David Dunwoody (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Debora McDell-Hernandez (Director (Through June 2025))
- Kevin Graham (Director)
- John Rodriquez (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We use a place led approach to create a profitable neighborhood development and housing master plan. We are committed to following a community-driven process to connect two distinct neighborhoods. This approach will leverage the assets of each to build one growing community. The power of placemaking is demonstrated by forging community partnerships and collaborations countering community skepticism, ensuring neighborhood maintenance and sustainability. We organize, empower and involve residents and community partners currently separated by the Inner Loop to create a cohesive neighborhood using an engaged, transparent and inclusive planning process for executing the Inner Loop North plan. Our values of community, communication, creation, compassion & equity will guide this work. The result will be an interconnected community of residents and business owners working together to create and sustain a thriving neighborhood.
What it reported doing in 2024
Marketview Mews: Placemaking initiatives serve as catalysts for community building and neighborhood connectivity. By aligning with the Rochester 2034 Comprehensive Plan, particularly focusing on pedestrian-friendly designs, creating aesthetically pleasing spaces, and bolstering multi-modal travel, we intend to create vibrant, inclusive environments that celebrate local assets and strengthen neighborhood ties. While we are waiting for the Inner Loop North Project to unfold over the next 2 years, it is essential to keep our neighbors involved and aware of the project. The Marketview Mews Project is designed to do just that while activating Bohrer Alley which presently is unsafe, harbors people who are engaged in illegal activities, encourages speeding traffic, and unhealthy dumping. We will create awareness and clean up the alley influencing the City, owners and landlords, especially Pathstone and Rochester Health Authority to do their duty for the residents whose properties border on the alley. We have been able to get the City of Rochester and Pathstone to trim the vegetation that was blocking light. Constant communication with the City of Rochester has decreased dumping and time to clean up any dumping. We have installed some test solar lighting to see which is most effective so that we can install and purchase lights that work and do not contribute to anyone's cost of electricity. We will continue to encourage and educate residents on advocating for themselves and have provided 2 murals using local artists and have plans for several more as funds are freed for this effort. We will continue to include residents in visioning the future for placemaking and building community while we explore housing initiatives while discouraging displacement. The alley activation has a budget of $103,400. We have secured a promise of $50,000 from ESL Foundation once we match this amount with other grants. We have secured $25,000 from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation, $10,000 from donations and now have secured a promise of $100,000 from LISCNY which will secure the rest of the matching for this programming while allowing us to build capacity to implement the project and plan for thehousing initiative.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 65.8%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -26.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.42; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 65.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.