Sunnyside Community Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510189327
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Long Island City, NY, USA
Phone
7187846173
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,440,226
Expenses
$18,379,115
Assets
$22,737,861
Liabilities
$20,099,421

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA DELLER (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE LEAMER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JUDITH ZANGWILL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUDITH ZANGWILL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $387,173 total reported compensation
  • DAVID ESPINOSA (ASSOC. E.D. OPTS.): $183,920 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTOPHER CARDONE (CFO): $168,394 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Sunnyside community services: envisions diverse, inclusive, and caring communities where all people thrive and reach their fullest potential.

What it reported doing in 2024

Senior services: programs under this umbrella of services include our center for active older adults - a robust senior center with access to recreational, health and fitness activities, as well as case assistance counseling and healthy meals for over 2,000 active members. The geriatric mental health initiative helps about 200 seniors struggling with depression, addiction, or other mental health issues. Scs' case management program serves approximately 1,500 people each year in their home to coordinate meal deliveries, home care, transportation, and other necessary services. Caregiver programs serves approximately 800 family caregivers living across New York city who are caring for family members with alzheimer's disease/dementia with supportive services such as respite, counseling, skills training, and more. Social adult day services provides therapeutic care to individuals living with alzheimer's disease and other cognitive and physical impairments. Additional services include a long-term care access program, which provides enrollment assistance for medicaid and managed long-term care plans to access home care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 80.6%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $63.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 0.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.88; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.4% of revenue deployed · 80.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $387K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 34/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.