Trinity Boston Connects Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 042736718
IRS 990 coverage: 2012–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Phone: 6178000759
Rating: 67
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,480,937
Expenses: $2,364,398
Assets: $3,863,079
Liabilities: $65,250

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CHARMANE HIGGINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

CHARMANE HIGGINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $199,309 total reported compensation
NATHANIEL DENJONGPA (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER (AS OF 9/2024)): $51,851 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Outreach programs in the city of boston, including innovative programs to empower youth and families, and build public interest and commitment to create positive, long-lasting social change.

What it reported doing in 2024

Trinity@mccormack connects students and staff at the mccormack middle school in dorchester to support and resources that assist the school in becoming a healing and inclusive educational community. The trinity@mccormack began in 2013 as an embedded program with a focus on supporting students with chronic absenteeism. In the six years since its inception, the program has grown into a collaborative partnership with the mccormack school in creating an educational environment that understands, embraces, and supports the holistic needs of each student specifically focused on the needs of students dealing with trauma and toxic stress.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 93% 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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 44
Transparency & Controls: 79
Accountability: 91
Sustainability: 53
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 46.1%; rating input score 46
Program expense ratio: 48%; rating input score 48
Fundraising efficiency: $6.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 46.1% of revenue deployed · 48% of spending went to programs
Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.