Nonprofits First Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263189428
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Phone
5612147435
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonprofit Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,944,479
Expenses
$1,709,097
Assets
$1,153,284
Liabilities
$368,608

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRUDY CROWETZ (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TRUDY CROWETZ (PRESIDENT & CEO): $145,614 total reported compensation
  • TRACY AMARA (DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP): $89,361 total reported compensation
  • MICHELE BURKA (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $21,010 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Nonprofits first supports other local nonprofit causes to achieve their highest level of impact. By utilizing our vast resources provided by our partners, our nonprofit agencies execute their missions with exceptional performance and results.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education, training and professional development: education, classes and workshops meet the continuous demand for nonprofit professional development. In 2024-25 nonprofits first delivered 99 classes and workshops to over 1,300 nonprofit professionals. Classes, workshops and training sessions are designed to strengthen the skills of ceos, executive directors, staff, volunteers, and boards to better lead and manage their organizations. Our half-day and full-day workshops provide professionals with cost-effective opportunities to deepen and strengthen their knowledge and skills. Many of our workshops relate to and support the nonprofits first accreditation process and advance the use of best practices. Nonprofits first developed a program called "rising leaders" in 2006 which recognizes that the pipeline for future nonprofit leaders is right here in our own backyard. The 8-month rising leaders program cultivates leadership skills in emerging nonprofit professionals and equips them with strategies to face industry challenges. Since its inception in 2006, 496 participants have graduated from the rising leaders program, including 26 graduates in 2025. Each cohort of rising leaders works in teams to fulfill a service-learning project directly benefiting a local nonprofit. In 2025, the service-learning projects benefited 5 organizations; many of the rising leader graduates have gone on to serve in upper management.the year 2025 saw the fifth cohort of a higher-tier program, advancing leaders, a 6-month program focused on knowledge needed for senior level nonprofit leaders. The 2025 class equipped 10 leaders with the skills needed for the highest levels of nonprofit employment in our community. Launching leaders, a college internship program which employs college students to work on service-learning projects started this year, with 14 interns completing 13 nonprofit projects. Nonprofits first resumed "101 for the 501 and provided four half day programs offering 4 core nonprofit management workshops to leaders of emerging nonprofit organizations. The newest program is "201 for the 501", an extension of the popular 101 program, which teaches advanced concepts in nonprofit management.

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

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 24th 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: 12.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.