Prevention Point Philadelphia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232663699
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2156345272
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,970,410
Expenses
$21,627,299
Assets
$8,563,837
Liabilities
$4,158,602

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SILVANA MAZZELLA (LEAD EXEC OF): $133,370 total reported compensation
  • KRISTI PETRILLO STRAUB (HIGH COMPENS): $129,886 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD CAPELLI (HIGH COMPENS): $102,063 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of prevention point philadelphia is to promote health, empowerment and safety for communities affected by drug use and poverty. We are a multi-service public health organization dedicated to reducing the harm associated with drug use through education, outreach, advocacy, and direct services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Social services: social services include case management, police assisted diversion program (pad), drop-in homeless services, community relations, volunteers, and other services. Prevention point has nearly twenty-seven years' experience in operating a drop-in center that had 99,455 unduplicated clients visits in fy25, providing approximately 15,798 social referrals and operated public restrooms (for hepatitis a prevention) with 3,684 visits. Prevention point has twenty-one years' experience in operating an overdose prevention program, distributing 113,571 doses of narcan across philadelphia. Wound care clinics have been in operation for nineteen years, conducting 673 visits in fy25. For the past eighteen years, prevention point has been offering substance abuse treatment with a monthly census of 250 patients. Prevention point's HIV primary care services, which has been operating for eleven years.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $75.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 13 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $426K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.