Opportunities for Inclusion Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042441728
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Waltham, MA, USA
Phone
7818991344
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,391,200
Expenses
$5,787,884
Assets
$9,481,066
Liabilities
$3,424,995

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SIOBHAN O'CONNELL (PRESIDENT)
  • GABRIEL VONLEH (CEO (THROUGH 12/2024))
  • MARK BEAUMONT (INTERIM CEO (AS OF 12/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • GABRIEL VONLEH (CEO (THROUGH 12/2024)): $141,056 total reported compensation
  • MARK BEAUMONT (INTERIM CEO (AS OF 12/2024)): $140,064 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to provide educational, employment training and employment support to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabitilies to meet their whole life needs in greater waltham, ma and surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other program services: support services - this program organizes community based and inhouse activities for adults, adolescents and children in the community and for agency participants. Agency participants and community members join together to learn to make and influence better choices in their lives .school to work transitions - school to work transitions is a highly inclusive program which is designed to transition students with learning challenges from school to work and adult life. This program provides students with opportunities for social inclusion, choice, greater independence/responsibility and the reward of earning a paycheck. Community based day supports (cbds) program - cbds provides each person the opportunity to have a personalized and flexible schedule of therapeutic and educational programming combined with community access integration, social inclusion, leisure/recreation activities and volunteer activities in the community. The community based day supports (cbds) program provides each person the opportunity to have a meaningful day with activities of choice. This program offers a personalized/flexible schedule, enriching community volunteer opportunities, social inclusion, as well as leisure and recreation activities.social enterprises - the laundromat offers a program where participants are able to learn and practice everyday living skills such as loading/unloading machines, counting coins, inserting correct amounts of money into machines, folding clothes, sweeping floors, wiping machines and greeting customers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

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: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 74.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $141K · 21 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.