The Neighborhood Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233094703
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Allentown, PA, USA
Phone
6104345799
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Recreational Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,287
Expenses
$123,256
Assets
$24,263
Liabilities
$3,929

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN BERARD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • PHIL INGRAM (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES HEGADUS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KAREN BERARD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • PHIL INGRAM (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES HEGADUS (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

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What it reported doing in 2024

150 children served and participated in programs including tutoring, movies, art, reading, computers, math, healthy initiatives, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 61.9%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64% of revenue deployed · 61.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.