Phoenixville Area Positive Alternatives
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232835268
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Phoenixville, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6109834110
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $94,900
- Expenses
- $99,247
- Assets
- $39,665
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JON KANDRICK (PRESIDENT)
- SCOTT SZEWCZAK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ALEXIS BOSWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JON KANDRICK (PRESIDENT)
- RICH GEPHART (DIRECTOR)
- AMBER GENTILE (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Phoenixville area positive alternatives supports the youth of phoenixville in becoming successful and productive adults through programs that have a positive impact on self-esteem and life-skills development.papa is primarily a volunteer, grassroots organization. Papa works closely with the phoenixville area school district, the borough of phoenixville, phoenixville community health foundation and other local organizations to create a positive, effective, and motivating force in the community. We offer the only formal, structured programs for at-risk youth aged 7-17 in the phoenixville area.
What it reported doing in 2021
Phoenixville area positive alternatives (papa) athleticprograms help youth build solid foundations for physicalskills, good sportsmanship, and positive self-esteem. Thesummer activities program provides tutoring and other constructivesummer activities for at-risk children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.1%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 29.7%; rating input score 30
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.1% of revenue deployed · 29.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2021
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.