Schuylkill Community Action
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231670456
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pottsville, PA, USA
- Phone
- 5706221995
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,684,200
- Expenses
- $4,859,366
- Assets
- $4,450,404
- Liabilities
- $1,604,469
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID R YOUNG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- SARAH DONOHUE (PRESIDENT)
- NORM ZWOLENICK (VICE-PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID R YOUNG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $97,363 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Schuylkill community action is a private, nonprofit corporationincorporated under the laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Theprimary purpose of schuylkill community action is to coordinate andfocus all available resources upon the needs of low-income schuylkill county residents, enabling them to obtain safe, decent and affordablehousing and secure the opportunities necessary to achieve self-sufficiency.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide food, shelter, and social services to low-income individuals inschuylkill county, pa. Schuylkill community action served thousands of individuals during the fiscal year and disbursed over $2.5m in funds through food service, weatherization asssitance, home heating assistance, and other assistance to individuals in need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.
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: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $110.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: -3.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 23 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $118K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.