Senior Connections Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451203449
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Evanston, IL, USA
Phone
8478690682
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Senior Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,842
Expenses
$54,420
Assets
$74,503
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barbara Sittler LCSW (Executive Director)
  • Thomas Smith (Senior Connections Governing Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Barbara Sittler LCSW (Executive Director)
  • Wendy Klinkner LCSW (Director of Volunteers)
  • John Peterson (Senior Connections Governing Board Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Senior Connections links volunteers with isolated adults in a one-on-one friendly visitor program. The purpose is to keep vulnerable older adults connected with their community, through regular visits of approximately an hour a week, maintaining engagement in community and relationships. This engagement promotes the health, wellness and an enhanced quality of life. There is no cost to any senior for participation in the organization.

What it reported doing in 2016

Senior Connections recruits, trains, matches and monitors 75 volunteers with seniors. The volunteer donates approximately one or more hours per week helping their senior. There are an average of 80 seniors participating in the program. There are also an additional 20 volunteers who help in the office and on special events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.