Nysarc Inc Putnam County Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 141426729
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2019
Forms available: Form 990 2019
Location: Kingston, NY, USA
Phone: 8453314300
Rating: 69
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $10,935,007
Expenses: $10,884,492
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JOHN MCHUGH through 6 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Louise M Rheem throug (Associate Executive Director)
SUSAN LUCAS (PRESIDENT)
DENISE PETERSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

JOHN MCHUGH through 6 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $366,233 total reported compensation
Linda J Gomes through (General Counsel/Quality Assura): $168,184 total reported compensation
Kim Gembecki through (Director of health services): $149,369 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

As a community leader, putnam county chapter creates and provides lifelong opportunities for people with disabilities to achieve success.

What it reported doing in 2019

Day habilitation services: support 158 individuals in putnam county. As a cql-certified agency, we strive to provide activities that are person-centered and give people the opportunity to have new experiences and explore their community. Activity highlights this year included attending a renegades game with 50 individuals, enjoying a trinity cruise, and taking trips to the bronx zoo and norwalk aquarium. Individuals also explored a variety of local and state parks in the region, as well as volunteering in community, such as with meals on wheels and guiding eyes for the blind. On 7/1/2019 the putnam county chapter unified with sister chapter ulster-greene to become the arc mid-hudson. Putnam county chapter joined ulster-greene which has 9 day habilitation programs.

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 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: 73
Transparency & Controls: 66
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 24
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
Fundraising efficiency: $0.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 82% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $9M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $366K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 43 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.