Neighborhood Action Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264163776
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Phone
2604476016
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,417
Expenses
$73,335
Assets
$289

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help improve academic success of students of Southeast Fort Wayne.

What it reported doing in 2011

The Early Learning program served 14 students in 2011.Homework Help program provides help for students in kindergarten through the 11th grade. 132 students were served with the help of 50 volunteers in 2011. Two graduate students from IPFW, who already teach in Fort Wayne Community Schools, assessed the reading levels of a sampling number of the students who attended Homework Help program. The Spring Break Reading program worked with 11 students.English as a New Language program, often called English as a Second Language, provides class each evening year round. Trained volunteers from the Reclamation Project serve as teachers for the program. 22 students were served during 2011.The 4-H club worked with 69 students in 2011.The Summer Reading program served 87 youth.53 volunteers worked with all programs of the Neighborhood Action Center in 2011 as volunteer tutors and with other activities. Volunteers came from IPFW, the University of Saint Francis, Brookside Church, Fellowship Missionary Church, Huntertown United Methodist Church, Winamac Church of Ohio, and the Fort Wayne community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.4%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -182.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.4% of revenue deployed · 31.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.