Southcentral Workforce Investment Board

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510475788
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7179201912
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,750,140
Expenses
$14,933,866
Assets
$7,566,184
Liabilities
$6,743,478

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JESSEE MCCREE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSEE MCCREE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $214,366 total reported compensation
  • KATIE LENTZ (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $153,454 total reported compensation
  • RALPH WOLF (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $146,708 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to unlock the human talent that drives the development of businesses and individuals.we accomplish this by:1. Building a productive network of business, economic development, and community partners to create a demand-driven opportunity engine for our region.2. Connecting youth and adults to a value chain stretching from education to job opportunities and beyond.3. Integrating education, training programs, and community partners with the needs of industry and our regional economy.4. Investing in and evaluating what works as entrusted stewards of public resources.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scpa works (south central workforce investment board) is charged with the management of the federal, state, and local workforce funding, including workforce innovation opportunity act (wioa) title i services. Temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) both youth and adult. Displaced workers including rapid response. We served last year over 3450 individuals, with a 90% retention rate, and a 80% placement rate, meeting and exceeding pa state program goals. More than numbers scpa works prides itself on driving and managing the workforce needs for our eight-county region. Our team searches for the most progressive human-centered programming and investing in what works for our community. We as a convener bring all parties to table ensuring program service accomplishments; that every voice heard and every program is reviewed for functionality and sustainability. As a compliance agent, our experts ensure that every dollar is appropriately used and produce supporting analytics to ensure that we measure our success. Our mission is to unlock the human talent that drives the development of businesses and individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 37th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 filed related-organization links
  • 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 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.