Operation Nehemiah

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251717875
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2009
Forms available
Form 990 2009
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4122432603
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$750,368
Expenses
$350,670
Assets
$5,983,789
Liabilities
$4,605,800

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Operation Nehemiah is a faith-based Christian organization whose mission is the rebuilding of the community it serves by ministering to the spiritual, physical, mental, educational, and economic needs of its constituency. Through the provision of family oriented human service programs and an aggressive economic development agenda, it is Operation Nehemiah's goal to bring stability to the family and promote unity, confidence, and self-sufficiency. Operation Nehemiah seeks the restoration of the community one life, one family, one brick at a time.

What it reported doing in 2009

Operation Nehemiah's most significant activities and expenses have surrounded the development of a 44+ acre parcel of land for the purpose of providing much needed jobs and economic re-vitalization for the surrounding blighted community and for the provision of funding to fuel the human services and community oriented economic development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 86% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.3%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.06; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.