Restoration Community Development Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474270864
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3109828350
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,924
Expenses
$75,199
Assets
$640,794
Liabilities
$8,011

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bernice Noflin (Executive Director)
  • Ted Booker (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Bernice Noflin (Executive Director): $25,165 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 combate community deterioration and restore hope and dignity to individuals experience homelessness. RCDC seek to be the catalyst for change and be part of the cure to end homelessness once and for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

RCDCs primary activity is a comprehensive outreach program which provides radical hospitality to people experiencing homelessness to restore their dignity. RCDCs Day of Dignity events meet the needs of the unsheltered through mobile shower services and other essential and supportive resources. RCDC can meet its goals by collaborating with service providers from county and city agencies, community volunteers, non-profit and faith-based organizations. These partnerships help combat homelessness through a fast-tracted distribution of resources like: Hot meals, Food distributions, New clothes, Sleeping bags distribution, Mental health, legal aid- Record expungements, retrieving vital records, mobile showers, medical/helath screenings, housing resources, reunification of loved ones, Drug recovery & rebabilitation, etc. RCDC gives unsheltered individuals access to these resources all in one place that serves as a one-stop-shop to cure homelessness. By providing access to RCDCs showers, clean clothes, food, and other supportive resources through events that RCDC calls Day of Dignity. In addition, RCDC collaborates with the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), a form of community policing. This program is a collaboration that involves the Los Angeles Police Department, Council District 8, Los Angeles Parks and Recreation and Community Stakeholders. Due to the efforts of the CSP, the pilot program has reduceds crime and built public trust and now officially operates as bureau within the City of Los Angeles.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 36.5%; rating input score 37
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -103.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.52; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -71.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 36.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.