Jastech Development Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232943764
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2158797770
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,172,162
- Expenses
- $987,541
- Assets
- $3,039,439
- Liabilities
- $2,443,687
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JEROME SHABAZZ (EXECUTIVE DI): $125,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organization established to ensure a more livable, sustainable, and equitable community in the city of philadelphia. Jastech established the overbrook environmental education center (oeec) as a community based center dedicated to the preservation of our built and natural environments; improve public health; and the promotion of sustainable and livable communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Environmental sustainability -hosted the philly green ambassador program to teach 28 workers from philadelphia-based nonprofit organizations on tree care, environmental and climate justice. These workers are all participants in the city of philadelphia's tcb commercial corridor maintenance program. -worked with epa's office of brownfields and land revitalization to remediate potential hazards and toxins on assessed brownfields site located on the 6100 block of lancaster avenue. This project removed vocs, metals and other toxins from the vicinity where 150 residents live. -partnered with the national wildlife federation and university of Maryland as an epa thriving communities technical assistance center (tctac) to provide technical assistance to 12 under-resourced community organizations. -hosted the thriving communities symposium at drexel university and moore college of art on october 17-19, 2024, with 350 registrants. -provided community land care maintenance on 90,000 sq. Ft of vacant land parcels in west philadelphia in partnership with the pa horticultural society. -facilitated the "the science shop" program with the academy of natural sciences of drexel university for 50 people to implement an education and community outreach program to keep communities safe from lead exposures -operated wynnefield overbrook redevelopment corporation (worc to collect 16.4 tons of litter and debris from 5 commercial corridors in west philadelphia. -hosted tree care training with the pa horticultural society to train 28 workers on land maintenance and tree care. -hosted the epa funded breathe right air monitoring project to measure six criteria air pollutants in zip codes 19131, 19151 and 19139, and to educate 20 community members on how to use the monitors. This project educates the community on the importance of clean air as a basis for improved community health. -hosted the oeec's pga corps program to teach young scholars between the ages of 16 and 32 in marine debris interventions to remove marine waste from indian & cobb creeks. -worked with the institute for sustainable communities to develop a framework for a phl-based resilience hub that will ease neighborhood-level stressors resulting from climate and environmental disturbances. -hosted students from purdue university epics program. Students learned to about the oeec's green infrastructure program. -facilitated leadership program for 12 community organizations to learn about climate adaptation.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.9%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.08; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.9% of revenue deployed · 75.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $749K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 5 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $224K reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.