North Side Community Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831544917
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4123221121
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,072
Expenses
$143,922
Assets
$266,828
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH MISTICK (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
  • M ROBERT MISTICK (DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID PRISELAC (DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SARAH MISTICK (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
  • M ROBERT MISTICK (DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID PRISELAC (DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

North side community services purpose is to provide programs intended to benefit the residents of low income housing and other families in need who reside on the north side of pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

What it reported doing in 2025

Free store (food bank)- the organization established a "store" on the north side of pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and to partner with food retailers to secure donations of food items with nearing expiration dates to distribute at no or low cost to families in need. Also arrange to accept food donations and durable good donations from third parties or charitable entities for distribution to families in need. The organization develops objective criteria to identify those families and children in need who may be eligible to benefit from this program. Someindividuals may qualify for free goods while others may be asked to pay minimal sums (pennies on the dollar). By providing objective criteria, the organization will be able to assist those families most in need, while also providing a service and uphold the dignity of those personswho may need a helping hand but who are able (and want to) maintain the ability to provide for themselves to the extent they are able.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.7%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.7% of revenue deployed · 74.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 9 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.