Northern Tier Community Action Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251201846
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Emporium, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8144861161
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Child Day Care
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,311,039
- Expenses
- $6,141,563
- Assets
- $2,569,668
- Liabilities
- $569,061
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Anthony Moscato (President)
- George E Hults (Vice President)
- David J Greene (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Carol Duffy (Director)
- Rose Bloom (Director)
- Anthony Moscato (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide services to the economically disadvantaged of Pennsylvanias Cameron, Elk, McKean and Potter counties.
What it reported doing in 2024
Food & Nutrition Programs - Provides supplemental food boxes to low-income families. Food items are obtained through local donations and from funds and commodities provided by The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), State Food Purchase Program (SFPP), and the funds and commodities provided by The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), State Food Purchase Program (SFPP), and the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSNBP). NTCAC serves as the lead agency assisting local food banks with receiving, distribution and reporting. There are currently three food banks in Elk County and one in Cameron. In FY 2024/25 - Food & Nutrition services had 316 unduplicated families served, 1,895 duplicated families served, 159 unduplicated children, 905 duplicated children, 301 unduplicated adults, 1,702 duplicated adults, 172 unduplicated elderly, 1,099 duplicated elderly. 2,279 total food boxes were distributed.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 93% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 18 filed program accomplishments · $6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $973K reported
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.