Reaching Our Communities Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541840264
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7577189046
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,455
- Expenses
- $24,153
- Assets
- $71,641
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of reaching our communities is to provide programs and services that improve the lives of low-income children and their families.
What it reported doing in 2011
In 2011 reaching our communities was able to positively affect the lives of low -income children, youth and their families. Program services provided educational opportunities for parents and toddlers in atlantis apartments as well as reconnected the youth and their families served through the homeless to housing program. Basic needs of clothing, back to school supplies, holiday gifts and food were provided through our programs. Other support from reaching our communities was provided to participants in the bookworm program and local summer camp programs. Neighborhoods served: atlantis apartments (Virginia beach, va), homeless residents in Virginia beach participants: 53 volunteers: 29 homeless to housing christmas dinner participants and their families of the 2009/2010 program participated. Dinner was served and the children were presented with christmas gifts from santa. Warm clothing and packets of food were given. Participants: 20 volunteers: 23 tap (toddler and parent) program description: low-income parents along with their toddlers/infants attend educational, job readiness and health workshops. Emphasis was placed on teaching parents how to educationally interact with their children as well as provide the children educational assistance in the recognition of colors, shapes and the development of fine motor skills. Department of agriculture taught the women how to grow vegetables from their patios through container gardening. Job readiness skills as well as practical life skills in housekeeping and money management were taught to a committed group of women in atlantis apartments in Virginia beach. Water safety lessons were provided. Field trips were provided. A nutritious lunch was served at each workshop. A fall 2011 kick off birthday party was hosted at the atlantis community all participants attended a holiday event where dinner was served and the children received gifts from santa. Food was distributed to take home as well as other items. Participants: 33 volunteers: 6
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
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -185.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.97; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -93.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -167.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.