Tri-state Community Partners Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884228143
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
3028889152
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,067,873
Expenses
$46,479
Assets
$23,481,569
Liabilities
$3,106,768

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILL HORROCKS (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • WILL HORROCKS (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • VINCENT GARMAN (SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR)
  • ANDREW LEVIN (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tri-state community partners, inc. (tscp) will lessen the burdens of government and promote the general welfare of the community by assisting the city of seaford, Delaware (city), and the state of Delaware (state) in eliminating a blighted area in the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Funds received in 2025 were used in furtherance of tscp's nylon capital shopping center revitalization project. After breaking ground in 2024, the project reached a major milestone in 2025 with the opening of its first new tenants: brightbloom centers for children with autism and community bank of Delaware. Construction continues at a strong pace on the project's three largest tenantstidalhealth, Delaware technical community college, and the millall of which are currently undergoing interior fit-outs. Tidalhealth will deliver critical orthopedic and imaging services, addressing a significant gap in local healthcare access. Delaware technical community college's new facility will support workforce development through programs in nursing and allied health fields, including ekg technicians, nursing assistants, and dental assistants, as well as training for hvac and welding technicians. The mill, a co-working organization, will provide space for startup businesses and nonprofit organizations, fostering innovation, collaboration, and economic growth throughout the region.the city has recognized nylon capital shopping center as a blighted site. The 22-acre shopping center, once a symbol of pride and progress for the city, has been predominantly vacant for over a decade. Most of the shopping center had decayed into a dilapidated shell (Delaware business times, 2019). Improvements to the site required environmental expenditures for asbestos, removal of underground tanks and removal of contaminated soil. Western sussex county, Delaware, where the site is located, has a host of economic, socioeconomic and healthcare issues that have been exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic. The communities there experience a poverty rate that is double or triple that statewide poverty rate of 11 percent. This poverty is being experienced disproportionally by minority populations and single women. The city has particularly struggled after an important manufacturing facility closed. The redevelopment of the blighted site will aid combatting these conditions. The redevelopment of the site will help implement the city's goal to replace the blighted site, which was once the epicenter of town, and entice tenants who will benefit the community as well as providing much needed employment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 95
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.5%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 53.8%; rating input score 54
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 40%; rating input score 40; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 505.21; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 49.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.5% of revenue deployed · 53.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.