Marc Community Resources Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860137109
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
- Location
- Mesa, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4809693800
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,018,406
- Expenses
- $33,535,519
- Assets
- $28,271,081
- Liabilities
- $20,575,987
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHARAREH NAJAFI-PIPER (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- SHARAREH NAJAFI-PIPER (CEO): $679,710 total reported compensation
- MARTIN QUINTANA (CFO (THROUGH JANUARY 2025)): $331,641 total reported compensation
- DAN HIXON CHIEF OF INFORMATION (& DIGITAL OFFICER (THROUGH MAY 2025)): $239,110 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule o
What it reported doing in 2024
Community living services (cls): cls supports individuals with disabilities in achieving maximum independence within a home environment. Marc provides 24/7 supervision and customized services that promote integration into the home and community, engagement in daily living activities, and consideration of each individual's unique needs, strengths, abilities, and preferences across the lifespan.(continued in schedule o)home and community-based services: since 1973, marc has offered residential services, currently operating behavioral health homes and residences for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd). Collectively, these programs provide home and community-based services to our members, helping them avoid high-cost institutional settings such as skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and correctional institutions, resulting in significant taxpayer savings.employment-related services: marc operates one of Arizona's largest and most comprehensive employment training programs for individuals with i/dd, mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness. In the most recent reporting period, the program served over 3,000 individuals with a positive job placement rate. To support skill community living services (cls): cls supports individuals with disabilities in achieving maximum independence within a home environment. Marc provides 24/7 supervision and customized services that promote integration into the home and community, engagement in daily living activities, and consideration of each individual's unique needs, strengths, abilities, and preferences across the lifespan. Home and community-based services: since 1973, marc has offered residential services, currently operating behavioral health homes and residences for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd). Collectively, these programs provide home and community-based services to our members, development, copa cookies was launched as a hands-on training initiative in job readiness and business operations. Stakeholder satisfaction remains extremely high, with 99% reporting that services were effective. Marc's supported employment program received value-based recognition for exceeding performance benchmarks - 75% of participants engaged with a potential employer within 30 days, surpassing the 50% target.community day services (cds): marc's cds programs supported individuals with i/dd, offering structured activities focused on independent living skills, socialization, and community integration. These services are vital for family stability, allowing caregivers to work while their loved ones engage in enriching, developmentally appropriate experiences. Post-pandemic, cds has maintained telehealth services, offering virtual sessions in music therapy, zumba, storytelling, art, and no-bake cooking. Satisfaction remains strong: 100% of participants reported satisfaction, and 98% said services met or exceeded expectations.permanent supportive housing (psh) program: marc has operated the psh program since 2015, serving eligiblehouseholds. Following the housing first model, the program provides immediate access to stable housing without preconditions, recognizing housing as a basic human right. Tailored supportive services promote sustained housing, independence, and community integration. Since inception, marc has supported households secure and maintain stable housing. The program concurrently addresses housing and employment needs, empowering individuals for long-term success. Marc's hope permanent supportive housing program has earned value-based incentives for measurable outcomes including reduced psychiatric hospitalizations, decreased reliance on mobile crisis services, increased participant income, and improved housing stability.other housing initiatives: marc acquired properties from the city of mesa through the federal neighborhood stabilization program, now leased to eligible low-income tenants.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 87% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 61
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 28.7%; rating input score 29
- Program expense ratio: 26.2%; rating input score 26
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 28.7% of revenue deployed · 26.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $680K · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 13 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.
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.