Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541025282
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norfolk, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7576232700
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Counseling
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $422,288
- Expenses
- $449,994
- Assets
- $165,366
- Liabilities
- $1
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- MARTIN W PHILLIPS (EXECUTIVE DI): $91,556 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Tidewater pastoral counseling services is one expression of the judeo- christian faith that the living god is present for us in times of stress, crisis or personal searching. Tpcs works with people to encourage natural growth in their journey toward wholeness, helping them to recognize the strength, creative energy and spirit within each of us. That mission is carried out in three ways: 1. Pastoral counseling as an outreach of the ecumenical faith community. 2. Education and training for religious professionals that leads to certification in the american association of pastoral counselors. 3. Growth opportunities for people who want to improve their marriage, personal or work relationships.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide pastoral care and counseling to anyone in stress, regardless of ability to pay.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 55
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.8%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.8% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $364K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.