Transitional Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251198675
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4124611322
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,047,329
Expenses
$7,963,572
Assets
$12,304,535
Liabilities
$2,543,942

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY ANNE POUTOUS (CEO (UNTIL 10/24))
  • HEATHER DUNCAN (INTERIM CEO (AS OF 11/24))

Highest reported compensation

  • MARY ANNE POUTOUS (CEO (UNTIL 10/24)): $116,938 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 help people with mental and intellectual disabilities achieve their hopes and dreams for a meaningful life in the community. The organization provides supportive housing and community based services for adults with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities in allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Tsi operates residential programs, including congregate and scattered site apartments, and hud supported housing. Services emphasize recovery oriented, person centered supports such as daily living assistance, wellness and skill development, and community integration to promote stability, independence, and improved quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2024

The permanent supportive housing program makes available 150-160 units of permanent housing to individuals who have psychiatric disabilities. The program helps identify individuals to secure housing in the community of their choosing and maintain tenancy. The program provides support and education to service users, providers and landlords on housing related matters, and connects individuals to needed financial, advocacy and legal resources.the permanent supportive housing program makes available 150-160 units of permanent housing to individuals who have psychiatric disabilities. The program helps secure housing for individuals in the community of their choosing and maintain tenancy. The program provides support and education to service recipients, providers and landlords on housing related matters and connects individuals to needed financial, advocacy and legal resources. The program also offers units and support to transition-age at-risk youth to transition into the community and achieve independence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $884.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th 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: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 13 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $742K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.