Safe Community Coalition of Madison and Dane County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392010839
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6084413060
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,272,752
Expenses
$2,349,650
Assets
$907,009
Liabilities
$667,040

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CORINDA RAINEY-MOORE (PRESIDENT)
  • JOANN SOLBERG (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL WITTKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHERYL WITTKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $123,942 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 coalition's main purpose is to reduce injuries in dane county, wi. The organization coordinates county-wide, collaborative campaigns and evidence-based injury prevention programs to address dane county's top causes of serious injury and injury-related deaths- drug poisoning, suicide, traffic crashes and falls among older adults. To conduct these activities, the coalition builds partnership among diverse organizations that share the coalition's purpose.

What it reported doing in 2024

Drug poisoning prevention: the african american opioid coalition (aaoc) of safe communities is a coalition of black leaders representing organizations with a role to play to prevent drug harm in dane county's black community. Activities include meddrop sundays, a partnership between black churches and law enforcement to offer safe collection and disposal of unwanted medicines after church services; and distribution of medication lock boxes at community events to encourage safe storage and prevent diversion of prescription medicines. Safe communities manages the meddrop program, which, through a partnership of police departments and health and safety organizations, offers dane county residents 14 locations to safely drop off unused medicines. Through the ending deaths from despair task force, convened by the dane county executive and staffed by safe communities, 30 diverse partner organizations are collaborating to prevent drug harm through public webinars and education, distribution of naloxone and fentanyl test strips, special outreach to at-risk groups.

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.