Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 132976987
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Rochester, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5853254170
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Rehabilitation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,685,549
- Expenses
- $2,012,763
- Assets
- $8,457,985
- Liabilities
- $1,396,687
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Matt McDermott (President)
- Clarence Simmons (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Clarence Simmons (CEO): $182,000 total reported compensation
- Adriana EastlackDirector of (Finance (Through 5/24)): $54,154 total reported compensation
- Kevin Sutherland Director of (Finance (Beginning 10/24)): $24,039 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
NeighborWorks Rochester collaborates with people and partners to strengthen, sustain and promote city neighborhoods. Our services are available to a wide spectrum of the community, including existing and potential homeowners, tenants and landlords in the City of Rochester. We also assist full neighborhoods in cooperation with residents and other partners.
What it reported doing in 2024
Residential Rehab: This home improvement program may provide rehabilitation grants to customers who meet income eligibility requirements. Staff acts as a liaison between the customer and the contractor; assisting with the outline of home improvement needs, selecting a contractor, and monitoring progress throughout the project. This program also provides lead paint testing for determination of lead paint in residential structures. This lead component includes the performance of both risk assessments and clearance tests for internal programs, and on a fee-for-service basis for other organizations. This program is funded by government contributions that amounted to $57,210.
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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.4%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -19.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.2; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.4% of revenue deployed · 80.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $214K reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 11 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.