PIDC Philadelphia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232889102
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
215-496-8020
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,966,988
Expenses
$22,093,275
Assets
$72,964,883
Liabilities
$29,827,638

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAWRENCE MCCOMIE (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HEATHER HANOWITZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SAM RHOADS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JODIE HARRIS (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER LUCAS CROWTHER (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JODIE HARRIS (PRESIDENT): $383,179 total reported compensation
  • SAM RHOADS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $344,114 total reported compensation
  • LAWRENCE MCCOMIE (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT): $231,120 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

PIDC's mission is to drive economic growth that benefits all Philadelphians in an increasingly competitive global economy.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule osupporting growing businesses: pidc cc invests flexible, affordable capital in growing localbusinesses the backbone of our economy because they create jobs, build wealth for entrepreneurs and stabilize neighborhoods. Through avariety of funding resources, educational programs, and one-on-onetechnical support, pidc fills critical gaps for business owners andnonprofit leaders who lack access to traditional capital. In addition, pidc cc supports developers producing transformative projects that havea positive, lasting impact across the city providing jobs, services, and amenities. Pidc cc's loan portfolio comprises the following loanproducts: (1) working capital and equipment loans: designed to supportsmall and midsize businesses and nonprofits that need term financingfor working capital, equipment, or leasehold improvements. (2) capitalproject loans: support businesses and nonprofits undertaking capitalprojects such as building acquisition, renovation, leaseholdimprovements, or equipment that need additional financing to completethe project. (3) contract lines of credit: support small, minority, women and disabled owned businesses that need lines of credit to fundcontract related working capital. (4) neighborhood development loans: provide affordable financing to fill funding gaps for developers ofmixed-use, commercial, and industrial projects located throughoutphiladelphia's neighborhoods. This product targets small-scaledevelopers that are completing development projects, which generally have project costs under $5 million. (5) commercial mortgage loans: provides support to small businesses and nonprofits that need financingto purchase buildings that they either currently occupy or intend torelocate. The commercial mortgage loan product is targeted to smallbusinesses owned by minorities, women, immigrants, veterans, or otherdisadvantaged populations, as well as nonprofits and businesses locatedin low-income communities.in 2024, pidc originated $72.4 million in new loans to 69 small andmid-sized businesses, nonprofits, and developers of all sizes through projects in neighborhoods in philadelphia. Of the new loans, $56.6 million was invested as leverage towards total project costs and $17.6 million was invested in women-owned businesses. 85% of all pidc core lending went to diverse/minoritybusiness enterprises.pidc cc provides financing solution for small businesses and nonprofitsseeking to purchase new or existing real estate to build wealth, limitdisplacement, and support long-term growth in philadelphia. Past your bedtime childcare center is a keystone stars level 4 childcare provider serving the families of overbrook farms with reliable, safe, and nuturing care for vulnerable children. Pidc supported the business with a commercial mortgage loan to help them acquire the building the daycare is located in, ensuring that this long standing business providing valuable services to the community avoids displacement. Pidc cc also provides affordable working capital for small-, minority-, women-, and disabled-owned businesses seeking a line of credit to fundcontract-related working capital, including labor, materials, andequipment costs.in 2024, we continued our business support services educationalworkshops, one-on-one counseling, credit repair, and networking eventsdesigned to support business growth and connect philadelphia's smallbusiness community to trusted knowledge and resources via workshops.pidc business builder workshops are year-round workshops which providecritical business education to entrepreneurs and organizations fromevery industry. Pidc hosted 29 workshops with more than 700 hoursdedicated to coaching and consulting support for pidc clients. Topics included debt management, project oversight, buying and financing commercial real estate, federal government contracting, and business education and mentoring programs.of the hosted workshops, eleven (11) were held in spanish whereby pidccontinued a series

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th 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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Fail
    • 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: 14.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.3; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $383K · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.