Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 160918009
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Utica, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3156249930
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,143,915
- Expenses
- $17,267,359
- Assets
- $6,035,061
- Liabilities
- $3,892,669
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMY TURNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- AMY TURNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $147,772 total reported compensation
- ANN PERRY (FISCAL DIRECTOR): $78,918 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mohawk valley community action agency, inc. (mvcaa) has been moving families out of poverty since 1966. Mvcaa empowers people toward positive self-sufficiency by taking a pro-active approach to emerging trends and responding with quality, accessible services. Mcvaa is a recognized leader in the community for "helping people help themselves," mvcaa employs over 300 people and serves 10,000 people annually, mvcaa is an active member of the New York state community action association, community action partnership and national community action foundation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Housing - provided energy conservation education and services that reduced the energy burden and corrected health and safety violations for low-income households, improved their living conditions, and preserved or increased the value of the community's housing stock. Provided services to homeless individuals/families of those at risk of becoming homeless: provided rental subsidies that eased the financial burden on low-income renters and preserved or improved the conditions in which they live. Provided low income families with non-emergency air conditioning installation services. Provided energy conservation workshops to oneida and herkimer county residents. Assisted heap eligible individuals/families with high-efficiency fuel conversions that reduce the cost of heat and hot water by up to 50% helping families/ individuals become more self-sufficient.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 96% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $924.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -0.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 19 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $576K reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.