Tempe Community Action Agency Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

TCAA's serves low-income adults, families, and seniors living in Tempe and surrounding East Valley communities through the delivery of programs, resources, and opportunities that address a spectrum of needs. Since 1966, TCAA has helped tens of thousands of community members address the causes and effects of poverty and provided support to help peoplre and families move from crisis to stability. TCAA is one of the East Valley's largest social service agencies in terms of the volume of people served and range of programs offered. The capabilities of our experienced staff are monumentally enhanced with the involvement from public and private partners, and the active engagement of more than 400 volunteers annually.Our broad array of programming includes a Food Pantry, Escalante Community Garden, Senior Center Lunch Program, Meals on Wheels, Community Action Program, I-Help Emergency Shelter, East Valley Senior Home-Sharing program, Health Start early childhood development program, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, and the Financial Success Center. These programs are designed to foster improved food security, housing stability, health and well-being, and economic mobility among the individuals and communities served.TCAA clients include adults at risk of or experiencing homelessness, families in crisis, disabled and older adults seeking help to live independently, food insecure adults and families, low-income families from communities of color who are expecting a baby, and under or un-employed individuals desiring to improve their ecomomic status. These are examples of community members who benefit from TCAA program services. Our capacity to bring about positive change impacts over 35,000 unduplicated children and adults annually.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 55.5%; rating input score 56
• Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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: 31.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings