Southern Nevada Center for Independ

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880344062
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7028894216
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,008,779
Expenses
$979,357
Assets
$557,506
Liabilities
$340,033

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARY EVILSIZER (EXECUTIVE DI): $128,193 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The southern Nevada center for independent living (sncil) is a non-profit corporation created in september 1995 to provide support services for individuals in southern Nevada with severe disabilities whose disability is creating a barrier in living independently in the family, community or in employment. Sncil provides services including information and referral services, advocacy services, independent living skills training, and peer counseling. Other services provided, based on need, include benefits counseling, adaptive equipment, housing, transportation, information and technical assistance with the americans with disabilities act.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sncil's programs correspond to the grants they receive. The following is a list of the grants sncil received: center for independent living: this fund is used to account for the receipt and expenditure of funds received on an annual basis directly from the u.s. Department of health and human services department of administration for community living under the rehabilitation act of 1973, as amended. Work incentives planning and assistance program: this fund is used to account for the receipt and expenditure of funds received on an annual basis from the u.s. Social security administration pursuant to the ticket to work and work incentives improvement act (twwiia). This disability innovation fund was granted to the state of Nevada department of education to partner with centers for independent living (sncil) and the department of employment training and rehabilitation and other non-profit agencies to create projects to provide resources for school to work transition students. Nevada expanded this to include children age 10 to youth up to age 24. Resources provided will be a web site, phone app and instructional videos. Sncil's role is to provide content. These funds are provided annually for 5 years with a reduction in funds each year as project are completed. Fy 24 25 was the second year for the funds. Unrestricted fund: this fund is used to account for the receipt and expenditure of other unrestricted funds.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% 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

STRONG - 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: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $306.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 2.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $763K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.