Prevention First

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221841122
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Ocean, NJ, USA
Phone
7326631800
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$396,112
Expenses
$577,499
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY PAT ANGELINI (CEO/TRUSTEE)
  • SHANNON BASTIDAS MURPHY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARY PAT ANGELINI (CEO/TRUSTEE): $191,284 total reported compensation
  • LANETTE ROZIER (COO PROGRAM): $150,966 total reported compensation
  • JULIA VENORE (COO ADMIN): $127,476 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We aim to educate the children in our communities about healthy, safe and drug-free living, empower them to make the right decisions in their lives, prepare them for their futures and prevent them from becoming involved in bullying, violence or substance abuse.

What it reported doing in 2016

The lifeskills training (lst) pprogram is a research-based curriculum developed by dr. Gilbert botvin, director of the institute for prevention research and cornell university medical college. Lst seeks to promote health and well-being among children through the delivery on general life skills, health skills, and drug-resistance skills. Methods used include interactive discussions, beavioral rehearsals adn eduational activities. Lst is the most extensively evaluated substance abuse preventionprogram available and is proven to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by youth. Al's pals- through guided creative play, puppetry and role-playing, al's pals, a resiliency-based early childhood curriculum develops personal, social and emotional skills in children. It teaches hildren how to express feelings appropriately, think independently, accept differences, make safe and healthy choices and understand the negative impact that using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs can have in their lives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 54.2%; rating input score 54
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -47% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -49.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 54.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $313K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $191K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.