Seamen's Center of Wilmington Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 510314448
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone: 3025751300
Rating: 74
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $366,693
Expenses: $283,967
Assets: $2,207,926
Liabilities: $6,391

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JOHN DEEMER (PRESIDENT)
CHRISTOPHER M ROWLAND (TREASURER AND VICE PRESIDENT)
KATHRYN BRADLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

KATHRYN BRADLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $29,423 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 mission of the seamen's center of wilmington, inc., is to meet the needs of the seafarers who visit the ports in the state of Delaware. The goal is to make their time in port a rewarding one by providing personal, practical and spiritual assistance. A warm welcome is extended to ease the pain of loneliness and isolation and to offer a respite from the hazards of the sea.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide seafarers with needed human services such as twic escort and transportation, telephone communication, clothing and supplies while they are visiting the port of wilmington. 1. Assisted 429 vessels calling on Delaware's 3 ports;2. Safely welcoming 2442 seafarers to the center;3. Transportation provided to 4768 seafarers; 4. Ship visits - were continued throughout the entire fiscal year. Delivering welcome packages to new ships and return callers with donated items such as: puzzles, dvds, playing cards, cds, etc. Scw continues personal shopping trips as crew deal with expired visas; 5. Continuing to be a safe and secure location for seafarers to ship and receive packages;6. Continuing to reunite families;7. Christmas at sea- 850 ditty boxes were delivered.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 73% 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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 51
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 71
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 57.1%; rating input score 57
Program expense ratio: 52.8%; rating input score 53
Fundraising efficiency: $4.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 22.6%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.78; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 57.1% of revenue deployed · 52.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $150K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 13 people listed
Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.