Southeastern Virginia Areawide Model Program Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 546069786
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norfolk, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7574619481
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,683,725
- Expenses
- $9,302,245
- Assets
- $7,906,670
- Liabilities
- $2,609,138
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THELMA DRAKE (PRESIDENT)
- AMY PUCCI (1ST VICE-PRESIDENT)
- STEPHEN ZOLLOS (CEO & EX-OFFICIO)
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHEN ZOLLOS (CEO & EX-OFFICIO): $248,965 total reported compensation
- BRIGID MILLER (CFO): $124,598 total reported compensation
- CHARNITTA WATERS (COO): $113,876 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We serve seniors facing the greatest barriers to aging in placeincluding those who are low-income, disabled, isolated, and homeboundby providing transportation, meals, in-home care, and more to help them avoid institutional care and age with dignity at home.
What it reported doing in 2024
Supportive services - title iiib : the bulk of our programs fall under title iii-b of the older americans act, known as supportive services. Each program is meant to help older adults maintain a quality of life that allows them to age in the community with dignity and choice. Key program highlights from 2025 include: 31,157 free rides to seniors, 10,084 hours of social and recreational programming, 4,935 answered calls for information and assistance, 3,554 hours of long-term care coordination, 225 information and education events, and 149 hours of legal assistance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $99.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $7.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $249K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.