Spectrum Support Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521653481
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Windsor Mill, MD, USA
Phone
4107956543
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,508,474
Expenses
$8,713,973
Assets
$6,759,515
Liabilities
$2,375,698

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SEAN RHUDY (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVE BURROWS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CINDY FREEMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CINDY FREEMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $140,494 total reported compensation
  • CAROLYN SNYDER (SR. DIRECTOR): $117,908 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To form relationships which support people to achieve their life goals in the areas of residential, employment, meaningful community engagement and personal services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other non fps services includes behavior support services spectrum provides assistance to individuals with idd who have challenging behavior patterns that are preventing them from reaching their life goals. During the assessment process, our clinical staff work in collaboration with individuals, caregivers, and families to determine the motivation behind. If a formal behavior plan is developed, spectrum's clinical staff will monitor the plan to gauge its effectiveness and make adjustments as necessary; transportation as a transportation provider spectrum provides a number of service options to help individuals with idd access the most appropriate and cost-effective mode of transportation to support them in achieving goals in their person-centered plans. These options include an orientation, accessing mobility services, travel training, mileage reimbursement for transportation provided by another individual using their own car; purchase of prepaid transportation vouchers and cards, such as bus passes and/or taxi vouchers and/or the use of funded uber/lyft apps; respite - spectrum provides respite services to individuals in their own home or in the home of a paid respite care provider. Spectrum recognizes the need for families or caregivers to periodically require a break from their responsibilities for a variety of reasons. Respite services provide that break while at the same time providing the individual receiving services with an opportunity to interact with other individuals and participate in activities that may not otherwise be readily available; nursing support services - spectrum utilizes the person-centered planning process to determine the need for nursing support services for everyone. Each individual's team recommends an initial nursing assessment if any of the following is anticipated: individual's hrst is scored at 3 or above individual needs staff to perform any personal care assistance person needs staff to monitor any health condition person needs staff to provide any delegated nursing services any health concerns where the team is unsure of the level of care staff needs to providein providing nursing support services, spectrum will provide a registered nurse, licensed in the state of Maryland, to perform nursing consultation, health case management, and delegation services, based on the needs of the person supported.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 8.4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $7.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $160K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.