Support Services for Seniors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203011934
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Stroudsburg, PA, USA
Phone
5704203735
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Senior Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,395
Expenses
$23,646
Assets
$46,613

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA FRETZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LORI RUIZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARY LOUISE PARKER ESQ (MEMBER)
  • LORETTA WINSLETT (TREASURER)
  • PATRICIA FRETZ (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To promote the physical, mental social, emotional well-being of older adults by providing services that empower older adults -see schedule o for more detail

What it reported doing in 2024

Support Services for Seniors is an organization in Monroe County providing a variety of assistance to low income seniors. The senior population is informed with our monthly publication The Senior Times sent by mail and email. Support Services for Seniors funds entertainment and dance and movement classes for active and inactive seniors attending the local senior center. Support Services for Seniors assist with quality of life concerns for seniors living in home environments that reduce the quality and dignity of life (ex. pest infestation, cleaning, and sanitizing deficits). Support Services for Seniors funds seniors 60 and over with reactivations of electricity and reconnection of sewage systems. In addition, Support Services for Seniors will pay for dental work, oxygen tanks, chair lifts, wheelchairs, wheelchair ramps and air mattresses for Monroe County seniors in need. Support Service will pay for temporary housing for evicted seniors and respite care. Support Services for Seniors will also pay for home fuel expenses, water heaters, home rewiring, boiler installation and repair. Support Services for Seniors has the primary goal is to assist seniors with all things needed to live out life with dignity, independence, and self-care

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 23

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -269.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 23.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.