Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541661815
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Warrenton, VA, USA
Phone
5403476650
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$550,007
Expenses
$567,888
Assets
$782,871
Liabilities
$31,550

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM SIMPSON (PRESIDENT)
  • JAY PINSKY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRANDON BASTIAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRANDON BASTIAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $92,131 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide the community with dispute resolution and related services including divorce and family mediation, business community and court referred mediation, training and education in alternative dispute resolution, restorative justice services for juvenile and adult offenders and their victims and restorative practices for schools.

What it reported doing in 2024

Medition, restorative justice, conflict resolution and restorative practices - pdrc receives referrals from the general district courts of culpeper, fauquier, madison, rappahannock, prince william, spotsylvania, and stafford counties in Virginia. Cases are by staff, volunteers, and independent contractors. Pdrc receives referrals from the juvenille and domestic relations district courts of culpeper, fauquier, madison, rappahannock, prince william, caroline, and stafford counties mediated by staff, volunteers, and independent contractors. Pdrc also recieves referrals for restorative cases from courts, law enforcement, schools, and other sources. These cases are conferenced using volunteer facilitators, community representatives, and staff. Pdrc also receives self referrals in business and family matters such as workplace and divorce and seperation. These cases are mediated by staff and volunteers as well as independent contractors. School systems in northern Virginia area and beyond request training in restorative practices. Trainings are conducted by staff, volunteers, and independent contractors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $503K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.