The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231972816
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Doylestown, PA, USA
Phone
2153456644
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,437,940
Expenses
$7,541,754
Assets
$3,686,539
Liabilities
$1,889,669

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHIEF WILLIAM F WIEGMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • RONALD ROLON M ED (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICIA NYE LCSW MBA CAADC CPRP (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER KING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER KING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $148,030 total reported compensation
  • CINDY TOMLINSON (DIR. OF OPS. & BUS. ADMIN.): $137,312 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The council offers hope and support to reduce the impact of addiction by providing resources and creating opportunities for the entire community which guide the journey of recovery. (continued on schedule o.)we accomplish this through prevention, consultation, education, advocacy, assessment, intervention and recovery support services. The council of southeast Pennsylvania, inc. (the council) is a private non-profit prevention, education, advocacy, assessment, intervention, and recovery support organization, serving the counties of berks, bucks, lancaster, chester, montgomery, Delaware, schuylkill, and philadelphia. The council provides a wide range of services to reduce the impact of addiction and improve related health issues for the entire community including families, schools, businesses, individuals and the community, regardless of ability to pay, ethnicity, race, gender, age or sexual orientation.

What it reported doing in 2024

The prevention training and education division provides services to educate and increase awareness of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (atod) among youth and adults. Prevention services include the facilitation of k-12 evidence-based programming in schools, intervention groups, youth advocacy opportunities, community presentations, assemblies, and professional development to schools, communities, faith-based organizations, and businesses. (continued on schedule o.)drug-free community (dfc) coalitions are formal collaborative arrangements among groups or organizations within a community that are formed or expanded to prevent and reduce youth substance use, including prescription drug abuse, within the community. In a community coalition, each member maintains an independent status while agreeing to work collaboratively to achieve a common goal. The council leads a dfc project in the neshaminy school district - the neshaminy coalition for youth. 217 services were provided, and the project reached 89,960 individuals. Training services include student assistance program (sap) k-12 core team members training and other related training, philadelphia recovery training center which is dedicated to supporting and strengthening the transformation of the peer culture in philadelphia by providing professional development opportunities to the recovery community, and the supporting youth recovery enhanced crs program which prepares peer paraprofessionals to obtain the certified recovery specialist (crs) credential and to provide peer-based addiction recovery support services to young people ages 12-26. 18 trainings educated 312 individuals. Education services include the fostering leadership in youth/young adults (flyy) program, which provides the skills necessary to help increase protective factors and decrease risk factors for those ages 10-25 and the student assistance program liaison services whose primary goals are to promote wellness and resiliency by engaging youth and families with a more holistic, needs-based model, increase partnerships and efficiencies with school partners through a coordinated approach and philosophy of care, and create a more streamlined approach that maximizes resources by centralizing liaison support through a single provider. 213 students completed behavioral health screenings, 1,684 students participated in groups and 733 students received individualized services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 65% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $84.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th 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: 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: -1.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 18 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $218K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.