Staten Island Urban Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 371833463
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Staten Island, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3476747088
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $418,038
- Expenses
- $553,618
- Assets
- $194,878
- Liabilities
- $137,129
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KELLY VILAR (CEO & FOUNDER)
Highest reported compensation
- KELLY VILAR (CEO & FOUNDER): $93,978 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Staten island urban center (suic) is a grassroots community development through community involvement organization focused on the improvement of staten island's most marginalized neighborhoods through youth leadership development; publishing and media arts; and community organizing around a myriad of social and environmental justice issues that promote thrivability, cultural equity, self-determination, and independence.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, siuc accomplished the following:-expanded physical presence: moved most operations into the minthorne building, significantly expanding our program reach, including launching a robust summer sports program for over 100 local youth.-enhanced wellness programming: expanded the abuelita masala casita programming to offer cultural and recreational wellness activities, including nutritional food demonstrations.-successful residencies and exhibitions: concluded a successful two-year residency at governors island, engaging over 1,000 visitors and live artists in the final summer. We also hosted a premier mixed-media art exhibition featuring local residents and youth, which the local press acclaimed at the newhouse center for contemporary art. -increased organizational capacity: hosted several board-led events that engaged new and potential individual donors, potential partners, and future board members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -32.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $385K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.