North Hills Community Outreach Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251553057
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Allison Park, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4124876316
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,329,963
- Expenses
- $3,049,712
- Assets
- $2,547,398
- Liabilities
- $239,054
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MEGAN MELICHAR CPA CFE (PRESIDENT)
- PATRICIA CAWLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SCOTT SHAFFER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JACQLYN BOGGS (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES): $87,405 total reported compensation
- SCOTT SHAFFER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $55,032 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
North hills community outreach (nhco) is an organization addressing the needs of people in crisis, hardship and poverty in 50 communities in allegheny county, pa.
What it reported doing in 2024
Basic needs - nhco provided 23,066 services that assisted 4,290 families who experienced hardship, crisis, or poverty. The top two reasons people sought help at nhco this year were for hunger and general financial hardship. 1548 families received food from one of three nhco food pantries; including produce harvested from nhco's organic garden; 329 households received utility financial assistance to prevent shut offs or restore service and 727 received help with applying for utility grant programs; 201 households received housing assistance including rent & security deposit. Nhco's sharing projects are community sharing programs, items are donated by caring individuals and groups and then distributed to people in need: 162 families received utility credits through sharing winter warmth; 516 children received a winter coat; 607 families received a complete thanksgiving dinner; 826 children received new toys, games and other gifts for the holidays; 787 children received new backpacks and school supplies; 433 households received personal care products; and 430 families received spring cleaning products.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
- 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 44th 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: 8.4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 30 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.