Play Place Autism & Special Needs Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275374352
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Sterling Heights, MI, USA
Phone
5862543533
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,937
Expenses
$195,260
Assets
$13,453
Liabilities
$78,324

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WALEASE JONES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WALEASE JONES (PRESIDENT)
  • SHIRLEY MATUSZWSKI (DIRECTOR)
  • KYMMIA TURNER (TREASURER)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a fun-filled, judgement-free haven of hope for families affected by autism through a unique play powered environment.

What it reported doing in 2023

Play-place was able to reboot and refocus with revitalizing our field trip and haircut programming. We were also able to implement new respite & cls programming and garner vedor contracts (with oakland community health network and oakland family services) relative to the same. While trying to figure out the whole workforce retention challenge, play-place was miraculously able to keep our doors open operating with a 2 person / 2 core volunteer staff and from proceeds of an enormously successful bottle drive.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.9%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 12

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.82; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.9% of revenue deployed · 11.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.