The Way Back Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112551825
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Port Jefferson, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6319280202
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Group Homes
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,784,010
- Expenses
- $6,045,829
- Assets
- $8,894,213
- Liabilities
- $1,509,648
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN J ANDREWS (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL ROSS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KIMBERLY DILGEN (CEO/SECRETARY)
Highest reported compensation
- KIMBERLY DILGEN (CEO/SECRETARY): $264,979 total reported compensation
- FRANCIS BURKE (FORMER DIRECTOR): $245,505 total reported compensation
- RYAN MCGURK (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $197,070 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving these goals. We encourage the full participation of residents in their rehabilitation process so they may realize their potential of living productively, cohesively, and happily within the community. The primary emphasis of the program at the way back is to prepare residents to live independently in the community. Our program teaches residents the skills needed to successfully live outside the community residence structure. A willingness to participate in the rehabilitative goal planning process is required.
What it reported doing in 2024
Apartment treatment residents of the apartment treatment program generally require less staff support than in the supervised program. Many of our apartment treatment residents lived in the supervised program and have gained the skills needed for the apartment treatment program.staff visits vary depending on the needs of residents. Usually, counselors visit residents 3- 5 times per week. However, visits can be increased should residents need additional support. All residents have 24 -hour telephone access to staff in the event of an emergency.the apartment treatment program provides residents with the opportunity to live independently, yet still have the benefit of frequent staff support. Residents work on areas needed for independent living such as, symptom and medication management, accessing community resources, and budgeting.the way back's apartment treatment locations are situated throughout suffolk county, long island, ny. All provide easy access to public transportation, stores, recreational facilities, and services. All apartments are private homes, which provide individual bedrooms to residents.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
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: 10.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $265K · 10 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.