Israel Community Service Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141711098
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Albany, NY, USA
Phone
5184638779
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$322,111
Expenses
$262,141
Assets
$61,616
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REV MAURICE DROWN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • EDWARD SMART (CHAIRMAN/CENTER DIRECTOR): $31,300 total reported compensation
  • CAROLYN WILLIAMS (TREASURER/BOOKKEEPER): $3,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide educational, recreational, career and community services to youth adults and families in need and engage the broader community for success and empowerment regardless of their race, ethnicity, or religion. Icsp inc. Collaborates with other local organizations to identify, design and deliver services to address the needs of families, particularly low income, underemployed, and homeless persons.

What it reported doing in 2014

Conducted a summer camp for low income and homeless youth and children which is one of only a handful in the capital region serving this population. The camp has grown each year to serve more and more children from the community and meet their needs on a variety of levelsincluding spititual, social and emotional health, and recreational and educational, in partnership with the city of albany's summer employment program we provide and support youth development, skills training and meaningful work experience for teenagers. Approximately 25-35 youth work in a variety of positions during the summer.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 39
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.9%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 60%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 50.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 128.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.9% of revenue deployed · 60% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $31K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.