Partnership of African American Churches

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550762073
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Charleston, WV, USA
Phone
3047687688
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,258,020
Expenses
$4,808,530
Assets
$2,544,564
Liabilities
$285,554

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REV JAMES PATTERSON (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • REV JAMES PATTERSON (CEO): $160,200 total reported compensation
  • WENDY LEWIS (CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $120,142 total reported compensation
  • SHANNON ROBINSON (COO): $79,100 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Paac is an association of churhces focusing on community empowerment and individual well-being which involves both policy change and programmatic implementation. Program areas are education, health, and substance abuse prevention, intervention and recovery.

What it reported doing in 2023

21st century community learning centers provide academic enrichment opportunities during out of school time hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. Peer based recovery and substance abuse prevention initiative - the partnership of african american churches (paac) is a leader in training peer support providers in the area of substance misuse. In addition paac operates a prevention, recovery and wellness center on the westside of charleston, West Virginia. Paac employs full time recovery coaches to provide peer support to individuals with substance misuse disorder, homeless, veterans and those suffering from mental health challenges. Paac also employs a community engagement specialist to work with those assigned to drug court under the justice reinvestment initiative.the paac established community coalitions led by paac community health workers, and covid vaccine immunization teams that traveled throughout the state providing immunization and testing services in community locations and at community events. The goal was to increase the number of people receiving immunizations and decrease the number of individuals contracting covid. This was accomplished by supporting small rural and underserved communities to overcome vaccine accessibility challenges. The paac was also key to communication efforts, providing trusted, accurate and current information to community members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 76% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.4%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 39.8%; rating input score 40
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.4% of revenue deployed · 39.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.