Morris Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060846975
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Waterbury, CT, USA
Phone
2037551143
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,535,126
Expenses
$7,716,003
Assets
$4,457,348
Liabilities
$2,070,263

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide treatment, prevention, and support services to adults, adolescents or families affected by alcohol or other drugs and related mental health problems.

What it reported doing in 2010

Other Program Services: DCF Supportive Housing assists women in attaining and maintaining housing and additional community support. School-Based Prevention engages youth in prevention and education groups. Adolescent Treatment Services is a formal assessment and substance abuse treatment program for adolescents who are 12 - 18. Employee Assistance Programs provide confidential counseling and referral services. Gambling Initiative provides counseling and treatment for problem gamblers and their families. Waterbury Transitional Case Management Program is focused on individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have a substance abuse and mental health disorder, and are involved in the criminal justice system. Healthcare Initiative diverts persons in need of services from unnecessary use of hospital/healthcare services to appropriate treatment services. Case Management Services assist with treatment placement. Contingency Management Studies is a research relationship with UCONN Health Center Department of Psychiatry. Access to Recovery provides treatment for individuals who need substance abuse treatment as well as recovery supports. The Behavioral Health Network provides comprehensive outpatient substance abuse and mental health services for individuals referred by Parole and Community Services. The treatment programs are designed to assist individuals to live substance-free lifestyles and address mental health and behavioral problems.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $241K · 16 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.