Hockessin Community Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237004882
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
New Castle, DE, USA
Phone
3022392363
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$210,045
Expenses
$196,411
Assets
$97,364
Liabilities
$8,424

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LILLIAN E NICHOLS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIRSON HERBERT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT G FLEMING JR (MEMBER)
  • LILLIAN E NICHOLS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GERALD LUCAS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hockessin community center, inc. Is a not-for-profit hud-approved entity that provides educational, financial, housing, cultural and social service programs for low to moderate income individuals and families throughout new castle county, Delaware.

What it reported doing in 2016

Homeownershp: provides program assistance in the areas of residential tenancy; first time home buying; mortgage delinquency; foreclosure intervention; and homeless prevention. Financial empowerment: provides program assistance in the areas of budget; credit; money management; and other financial capabilities. Community resources: provides program assistance in the areas of emergency rent, utilities and food bank; adopt-a-family; teen esteem; and other senior, adult and youth services. Boots across america: provides program assistance to the military community to include services members, veterans and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 85% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 6.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 110.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -68.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $157K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2016
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.