New Strides Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113338053
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Islip Terrace, NY, USA
Phone
6312778300
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,089
Expenses
$219,512
Assets
$707,350
Liabilities
$1,281,649

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Sister Pat Griffith (Executive Dir.): $273,930 total reported compensation
  • Donna Donaghy (Assoc. Exe. Dir): $155,646 total reported compensation
  • John Murray (CFO): $148,588 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

New strides, inc. Is an affiliate of mercy haven, inc. Mercy havens mission is to acknowledge the dignity and potential of people who are homeless, living with mental illness or living in poverty by providing housing, advocacy, education and life skills development. From a humble beginning in bay shore in 1985, as a provider of housing for persons living with mental illness, our housing programs now include the elderly, limited income families as well as persons with special needs. Mercy haven and its affiliate, new strides, inc. Have grown throughout their 38 years to become a multifaceted community resource. Our support programs include free legal advocacy, education and employment skills training, community outreach, staff on call 24/7, and a sophisticated property management department. We have brought services to both nassau and suffolk counties in New York and are dedicated members of the communities we serve. We envision communities where diversity and inclusion are valued and i

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide mentally ill and homeless persons with housing facilities and services specially designed to meet their physical, social and psychological needs, and to promote their health, security, happiness and usefulness in longer living.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 67% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • 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: -141%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.22; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.81; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $208K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $274K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.