Neighborhood Partnerships Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911943624
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032263001
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,532,338
Expenses
$5,278,796
Assets
$25,721,390
Liabilities
$24,658,854

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REBECCA NICKELS (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERTA PHLLIP-ROBBINS (ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTOR): $62,115 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA NICKELS (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $51,538 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See schedule oneighborhood partnerships, inc. (np or the organization) is an Oregon non-profit corporation founded in 1989 whose mission is to help create a better Oregon, one in which we all have access to opportunity, stability, and what we need to thrive. For the organization, this begins with the basic human needs of having a stable and secure place to call home, and financial well-being. The organization receives support from public and private foundations, government agencies, and corporations and individuals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Policy, advocacy, and organizing: through the organization's policy and advocacy efforts, it builds ongoing relationships with decision leaders and inspires them with a passion for building financial resilience and creation of pathways out of poverty. The organizatons supports people who have been directly impacted by economic and housing instability to both inform policy proposals and speak directly to decision makers. Neighborhood partnerships acts as a convener for the statewide housing alliance, which acts to educate policy makers and advocate for affordable housing needs across Oregon. In 2019, the organization began working with residents of affordable housing to organize and build power with them. Continued on schedule oresidents have worked together to form the network, residents organizing for change, or roc, which is led by people with lived experience with housing instability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 65% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 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: 4.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.87; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.96; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $62K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.