Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311372833
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5132812100
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,313,608
Expenses
$704,964
Assets
$6,216,699
Liabilities
$13,979

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN SELNICK HUBBELL (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • WILL GOERING (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ALEN AMINI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIM VOGT (LEARNING NETWORK DIRECTOR): $116,642 total reported compensation
  • JAN GOINGS (LEARNING NETWORK OPERATION): $105,381 total reported compensation
  • TOM PACK (FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION D): $102,312 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 empower emerging leaders to build community and inclusion alongside people with developmental disabilities, such as down syndrome, autism, and cerebral palsy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Supporting one person at a time, starfire community building program pairs one community building staff with one person with a developmental disability. Our work is to assist in decreasing social isolation, attaining a valued social role, and experiencing a higher quality of life. The data is clear; people with disabilities grow increasingly lonely and isolated as adults. Starfire connects people to relationships and uncovers a person's talents and passion- so they can thrive in their communities alongside their neighbors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th 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: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.82; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.1% of revenue deployed · 71.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $506K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.