Northside Shares Help Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581458873
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4048511000
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$268,671
Expenses
$288,127
Assets
$1,025,484
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENDA RIORDAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRENDA RIORDAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $206,905 total reported compensation
  • SARAH CAMPBELL (TREASURER): $185,610 total reported compensation
  • NANCY DELOACH (SECRETARY): $87,552 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 provide assistance to northside hospital employees in temporary financial crisis.

What it reported doing in 2024

Northside shares help, inc. ("shares help") is organized primarily to receive contributions from employees and retirees of northside hospital, inc. And to distribute the proceeds to needy northside hospital employees and retirees. During each calendar year, donations are disbursed for the emergency aid of northside hospital employees and retirees, who are natural persons, and their dependents.to qualify for emergency aid, northside hospital employees or retirees must be in dire financial need as a result of an emergency. A northside hospital employee or retiree is in dire financial need when his/her available financial resources are insufficient to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical attention or other basic necessities of life for the northside hospital employee, retiree or his/her dependents.any northside hospital employee or retiree who wishes to be considered for emergency aid completes a formal application which contains the northside hospital employee or retiree's financial resources, the emergency giving rise to the request for aid and the amount of aid sought.after the application is reviewed for eligibility by the shares help coordinator, the selection committee of shares help (comprised of northside employees and retirees) considers and votes upon each application for emergency aid greater than $100, which is not to exceed amounts specified in the shares help policies.the coordinator and the selection committee of shares help may undertake such investigation as it shall deem necessary or proper to verify the facts set forth in an application by a northside hospital employee or retiree for emergency aid. All decisions made by the selection committee are final.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.56; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $288K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $207K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.