The Carl and Emily Weller Center for Health Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232122848
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Allentown, PA, USA
Phone
6108414494
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$385,609
Expenses
$479,890
Assets
$54,406
Liabilities
$17,459

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELISSA LEE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MELISSA LEE (CEO): $84,215 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The weller center is the northeast region's premier provider of curriculum-focused preventive health education. Partnering with hundreds of schools each year, the weller center connects with young people to change behaviors and help them develop life-long healthy habits which will prevent chronic disease, reduce violence and improve the overall health, safety and well-being of children and families in our communities. Our results-based student programs target the most pertinent health risks our children face. Programs are presented by specially-trained health educators who are masters of the topics they teach and pros at interacting with students. Wraparound programs and resources for teachers and parents ensure they have the tools to help keep the children in their lives healthy and safe. More than 35 preventive health education programs and after-school programs for students in pre-k through 12 in character education, drug prevention, growth and development, hygiene, (cont.)

What it reported doing in 2015

The weller center values program evaluation and continuous quality improvement. Using pre- and post-tests, we evaluate all of our programs by measuring participants' change in knowledge, attitudes, and intent to change behavior based on topic-specific goals and objectives. Evaluation data from 2015-16 indicates that students showed an average overall score increase of 27% from pre- to post-test in our most in-demand programs. A sample of students participates in our pre- and post-program testing using our anonymous wireless audience response system. We gauge their base level of knowledge prior to program exposure as well as increases (or decreases) in knowledge at the conclusion. This data is critical to ensuring that our programs are current and applicable to our target audiences. School district administrators can also use data to create or implement school policies, inform professional development staff, create district-wide programming or initiatives, seek additional grant funding, and garner support for future surveys.teachers also evaluate the competency and professionalism of our healt education staff as well as the relevancy of our programming. Summary data from 106 teacher surveys collected during the 2015-16 school year shows that 84 percet of the time teachers strongly agreed that programming was delivered by a well-prepared and knowledgeable instructor, that programming was aligned with the school curriculum and that the objectives were clear. We also ask teachers to identify what they feel were the greatest strengths as well as areas of improvement for the program. The weller centers uses this information to create programs that are relevant and meet the needs of the school districts we serve. A combined 55 percent of teachers reported that the greatest strenth of the program was the accurate information presented and the weller center health educator. On average, most of the teachers reported that they did not feel there were any changes that needed to be made to the program. Other common suggestions are often outliers which the weller center cannot control, such as having the program in a classroom versus the auditorium, or to have longer class sessions. All of this feedback is valuable to ensure that weller provides the best programs possible.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st 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: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $318K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.