Neighborhoods Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363430278
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4024777181
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Housing Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$586,920
Expenses
$554,756
Assets
$15,993,309
Liabilities
$4,576,721

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDSAY LIMBACH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE WALTER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES WESCHE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES WESCHE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $123,241 total reported compensation
  • LESLIE COLEMAN (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $93,450 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Neighborworks lincoln revitalizes neighborhoods and supports homeownership keeping lincoln a safe and prosperous community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community building - nwl strengthens neighborhoods across lincoln by increasing leadership capacity. Residents equipped with the tools they need to create inclusive communities are lincoln's best ambassadors. The community building program cultivates relationships to help improve quality of life for all lincoln residents through appreciative inquiry and an asset-based community development approach. Another key focus of nwl is the centering of historically marginalized neighborhoods and the facilitation of power transfer from institutions to residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.5%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 5.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.83; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.5% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $403K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $123K · 15 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $357K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 17 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.