North Hudson Community Action Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221818699
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Union City, NJ, USA
Phone
2012100100
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,594,599
Expenses
$66,652,305
Assets
$26,636,033
Liabilities
$10,680,684

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOAN QUIGLEY (PRESIDENT/ CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID FAYNGERSH (PHYSICIAN): $323,745 total reported compensation
  • JOSE O MALDONADO (PHYSICIAN): $303,341 total reported compensation
  • RITA KNAUSE (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $298,296 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote and improve the quality of life and to eliminate factors leading to poverty for northern New Jersey residents by providing comprehensive health and social services with comparison, through collaborations and partnerships in a culturally sensitive environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services: encompass all programs not included in the other 2 categories. A. Women, infants & children (wic) nutritional program: wic nutritional education and assistance services continues to provide supplemental nutritious foods to pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to the age of five. The program also includes nutrition education and counseling breastfeeding promotion and support, immunization screening and health care and social service referrals, as well as vouchers. These vouchers are redeemable for specifically designated foods at participating supermarkets. Total clients served: 16,897 b. Employment services/job placement: assessment and referral to employment plus job development accompanied by job readiness services for those needing such aid before beginning job search. Total participants enrolled: 174 total jobs received: 32 c. Hispanic affairs/ immigration & naturalization: a variety of assistance related to entrance, legal residency, citizenship and other ins concerns including special projects, e.g. Family unification visas and work permits, amnesty and lottery programs. Total clients served: 2,693 d. Housing counseling/ tenant advocacy: provides education and assists residents with pre-purchase/home buying, rental counseling, shelter/ services for the homeless, and tenant advocacy. North hudson community action corporation is a hud approved housing counseling agency. Total clients served: 155 e. Hud coc rapid re-housing: provides quick entry into housing paired with temporary financial assistance and individualized case management that assists a minimum of 22 households with their housing stability goals. A number of support services (job placement, parenting skills workshops, financial management, etc.) are provided to enable self-sufficienty after the temporary assistance ends. Total clients served: 34 f. Project shape:(social & health assistance program for the elderly) provides a full spectrum of social and home health services for area residents 60 years old and over. These services include information and referral, benefits screening, access assistance to entitlements and other forms of care, case management, homemaker assistance, and management of the jacc program. Total clients served: 760 g. Safe housing/home repair (residential maintenance): provides a maximum of $800 in home repairs to correct health and safety violations for seniors 60 and over. Total clients served: 10 h. Christmas toys: annual toy distribution to children in neediest families served; additional toys were purchased to support those impacted by hurricane sandy. Children served: 2,382

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 63% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 1st 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; 77th 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: -3.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $55M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $324K · 29 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $491K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 31 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.