Lower Roxbury Community Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237011408
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Roxbury, MA, USA
Phone
6175413900
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,161,182
Expenses
$6,048,813
Assets
$26,467,334
Liabilities
$22,009,302

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AYANNA HINES (PRESIDENT (UNTIL 7/25))
  • GLORIA BROOKS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MALIK AZIZ (PRESIDENT)
  • INGRID TUCKER (CEO (UNTIL 07/25))
  • INITYA AMBROGI-ISAZA (VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE)
  • KATE BENNET (INTERIM CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • INGRID TUCKER (CEO (UNTIL 07/25)): $332,141 total reported compensation
  • INITYA AMBROGI-ISAZA (VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE): $244,980 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The overall mission is to foster the social, physical, economic and cultural renaissance of the lower roxbury community by promoting the economic self-sufficiency and social well-being of low-income and moderate-income residents and advocating for the home ownership, business development or education.

What it reported doing in 2025

To further the interest of all of the residents in the area known as lower roxbury in the matters of housing, education, recreation and generally to work for the revitalization of the community.

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 84% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.38; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $332K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $244K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 25 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.