Southside Organizing Committee Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391680618
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4146728090
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,119,563
- Expenses
- $832,388
- Assets
- $1,490,714
- Liabilities
- $58,538
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TAMMY L RIVERA (Executive Director)
- VICTOR AMAYA (President)
Highest reported compensation
- TAMMY L RIVERA (Executive Director): $191,615 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
An organization dedicated to the development and sustainability of Milwaukee's near south side neighborhoods by working with and for the residents to create a safe, livable, and economically vibrant community.
What it reported doing in 2024
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/GENERAL OPERATIONS: SOC sustained its civic engagement with post-census, non-partisan election outreach and education, & year-round engagement.Some highlight achievements of this program include some key features that follow. SOC completed at least 6,200 in-person outreach attempts reached at least 2,700 in-person, & secured more than 1,250 pledges to vote. SOC held four Vote-a-thons including the spring & fall primaries & general elections with the participation of half a dozen civic collaborators. SOC held a dual candidates forum for State Assembly Representatives. SOC made 640 post through its digital platforms towards digital organizing outreach achieving a reach of 158,323 resulting in 58,803 engagements (37%)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.9%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.9% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $192K · 6 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.