Rock Minstries of Philadelphia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200471983
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2157393927
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Delinquency Prevention
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,379,094
Expenses
$848,695
Assets
$2,764,866
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK OSBORN (President)
  • CRAIG CERRITO (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK OSBORN (President): $97,850 total reported compensation
  • CRAIG CERRITO (Vice President): $95,185 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN FLUHARTY (Board Member): $51,115 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide a safe refuge and services for inner-city residents. The organization provides mentoring, discipleship, sports, wellness, and academic programs in addition to the main focus of providing them with the gospel.

What it reported doing in 2024

MAJOR PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS - males females - ages to 10 to 25 - training competition in boxing, grappling and other sports, includes Bible instruction - approximately 1200 participants in 2024. YOUTH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS - boys girls - ages 6 to 12 - tutoring, mentoring, recreation activities, includes Bible instruction - approximately 150 participants in 2024. WELLNESS CENTER - the Organization operates a wellness center offering basic health screenings at no cost to neighborhood participants. SOCIAL SERVICES REFERRAL CENTER - In 2024, the Organization operated a social services drop-in referral center from which neighborhood drug and alcohol addicts, homeless, and others with social needs are referred to professional social service programs - approximately 300 participants accessed these services in 2024. Other community outreach programs and events were held during the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for affiliated organizations.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • 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: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.26; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $718K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.