Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390806269
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4149336161
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,866,035
Expenses
$2,804,622
Assets
$3,147,759
Liabilities
$231,644

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN RICH (PRESIDENT)
  • MADDY TARBOX (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MONICA GENZ (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JONATHAN JANOWSKI (EXECUTIVE DIR.): $119,769 total reported compensation
  • JERRI WASHINGTON (DIR. OF FINANCE): $96,963 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire discovery in children and families of all backgrounds, so they become lifelong learners and confident leaders among their peers, families, and communities.nh's mission is to inspire discovery in children and families of all backgrounds so they become lifelong learners and confident leaders among their peers, families, and communities. Complementing this mission is nh's organizational vision to be the educational, civic cornerstone that strengthens families and builds connections across communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community and outdoor programs: family program. This program features free of very low costs events designed to inspire, educate and strengthen families. It includes weekend family adventures activities and other enrichment opportunities. All family program activities include a parental engagement component that empowers parents to serve as their children's teachers. Throughout the year, nh also offers a variety of events specifically serving nh families that celebrate holiday cultural and programming benchmarks. These events give parents more relaxed opportunities to interact with staff and see their children's work. Additionally, staff from ecp, ukc and teen programs consult with and support parents on a regular basis throughout the year. Environmental education program (ee). One of the oldest environmental education programs in milwaukee, ee offers enrichment activities using a nh-developed curriculum with the goal of providing science-based education and direct engagement in environmental stewardship that instills a sustainable appreciation for urban and rural natural resources. This is critical because many of our youth and families have limited interaction with nature due to restricted access to safe, public green spaces, urban dangers, and lack of access to camps and other nature-based enrichment. Ee is interwoven throughout nh's other programming areas and includes our innovative lead & learn conservation corps program that offers paid internships, job readiness training and natural resources career explorations to highly qualified, urban, high school and college students. Lead & learn interns gain the skills to develop curriculum and take the lead on presenting interactive environmental education lessons and hands-on conservation projects for hundreds of low-income milwaukee youth ages 6-19.community education. Understanding that a strong community consists of healthy individuals and families, nh offers health and wellness events and initiatives as well as engages in community-wide health programs. Specific offereings include our annual health resource fair and fall flu immunization events; woman 2 woman empowerment program; workshops and health screenings. Nh also offers referrals to immunizations, mental health and other community resources.

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 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 73%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 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: NotApplicable
    • 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: 2.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 73% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.