South Central Community Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362709048
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7734830900
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,996,782
Expenses
$1,298,981
Assets
$2,673,893
Liabilities
$1,065,292

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • McKenley Wilson (Vice President)
  • Angela Harkless-Byrd (President)

People named in this filing

  • Melony Cranfield (Chairman)
  • Michelle Burton (Secretary)
  • McKenley Wilson (Vice President)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The goal of the organization is to serve children with emotional behavioral disorders. Sccs also increases its services and mission in response to numerous, diverse and varied requests from the residents.

What it reported doing in 2023

Sccs embarked on an effort to provide affordable and permanent supportive literacy reading for youth, day treatment elementary school, after school programming, healthy eating and cooking for youth, youth basketball, little league baseball, summer enrichment camps, brag club for seniors, senior recreation services and massage services. To achieve this goal, sccs provides academic instruction, independent living and vocational skills, advocacy and supporting services to youth through mental health assesment, treatment plan development, individual group and family therapy and case management services. In addition, the organization provides community supports and psychiatric evaluations, medication management and emergency medication and advocacy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.1%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 34.9%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.06; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.1% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $860K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Conflict-of-interest policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.