New Bethany Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232365694
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6106915602
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,150,153
- Expenses
- $3,959,751
- Assets
- $4,500,245
- Liabilities
- $611,726
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL FISCHER (PRESIDENT)
- SCARLETT SPENCE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- J MARC RITTLE (EXEC. DIRECTOR): $148,675 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
New bethany, inc. Offers hope and support to people who experience poverty, food insecurity, and homelessness. We believe that all people, regardless of circumstances, should be treated with dignity and care without judgment. No one who seeks help is turned away. New bethany meets people where they are by offering wraparound services designed to remove barriers and assist individuals and families in reaching security and self-sufficiency.
What it reported doing in 2024
Choice food pantrychoice food pantry provides a three-day supply of nutritious food (including fresh produce, perishable proteins, and fresh dairy) to neighbors experiencing food insecurity. Clients select their groceries in accordance with their preferences and health, cultural, and/or religious needs. New bethany also provides nutritional information and referrals to our services and those of our community partners. In 2024, choice food pantry distributed nutritious groceries to create nearly 230,000 meals for 2,565 neighbors. The pantry received and distributed over 100,000 pounds of donated food from grocery stores, local food drives, individual donations, and area farms.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: -25.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.