Social Development Centers Inc Dba Community Employment Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237286813
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4155034460
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$564,012
Expenses
$545,309
Assets
$372,736
Liabilities
$66,113

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Camozzi (President)
  • Lupita Martin (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Shirley Rodriguez (Executive Dir.): $86,022 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

SDC, Inc. is committed to providing personalized services, which promote the interest and respect the choices of each individual. Resources and other supports will be identified and utilized to effectively impact on developing, expanding and enhancing real and typical work, community and living opportunities that result in a valued and satisfied community member and neighbor.SDC, Inc. will work with and on behalf of each individual. Our goal is to assist each person to develop and implement a personal plan that enables each person to enjoy life in his/her community with dignity and respect and to actualize his/her dreams and vision of what s/he desires access his/her community communicate his/her wants and needs promote empowerment and self-advocacy develop personal competence strive for financial independence develop meaningful, reciprocal and long lasting relationships and friendshipsEach individual will be active in all decision-making, supported to fully participate and experience

What it reported doing in 2024

Social Development Centers, Inc. DBA Community Employment Services provided services and supports to 18 adults with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities. Social Development Centers, Inc. is committed to providing personalized services which promote the interests and respect the choices of each individual. Resources and other supports will be identified and utilized to effectively impact on developing, expanding and enhancing real and typical work, community and living opportunities that result in a valued and satisfied community member and neighbor. Community Employment Services, a program of Social Development Centers, Inc. works with each individual to whom we provide services and supports via Individual Planning Teams. The IPP teams included social worker, family members, residential providers and significant persons in their lives. A sample of the types of individualized outcomes include: job development and job search, job training, and tailored on the job support to meet the individual and employers' needs banking, budgeting and pay reporting to SSAtravel and destination training to various places in San Francisco and San Mateo Co. shopping for personal and household items making a variety of purchases in their communities, i.e. coffee, lunch, etc.recreational activities of choice, such as bowling, golf, basketball, tennis, frisbee golf, soccer, football, etc. joining gym, and other clubs of interest that require memberships, obtaining library cards, etc. Advocacy Training: voting class, assistance to vote, explaining ballot, how to write a letter, explaining content of letters, phone calls to legislators on specific issues of interests to the individual, advocating at your IPP/ISP meetings, making your end of life wishes known, relationships, using "Think, Plan, Do" in your life, etc.Support attending City College Classes of San Francisco, Art Class, Computer Class We are able to continue with Remote Services and Supports through 12/31/2026, per DDSDaily zoom activities and classes included Daily News, Exercise Classes, Support Group, Advocacy Class. Monthly themed "CES Connects" session Support obtaining internet, learning how to use technology and devices both for individual and families

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $508K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.