United Community Center of Westchester Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841715929
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2007
Location
New Rochelle, NY, USA
Phone
9148132896
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$580,194
Expenses
$481,112
Assets
$182,430
Liabilities
$497,060

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEN MCKNIGHT (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACKELINE AGUDELO (EXECUTIVE DI): $47,700 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

United ommunity center of westchester was organized to provide comprehensive services to over 8,000 low-income individuals and families annually. Activities include, but are not limited to, social services such as case management, domestic violence support, and homeless outreach. Uccw offers health and safety training, advocacy for low-income workers facing wage theft, assistance with affordable housing, section 8 programs, and dss applications, resume writing, job searches, health insurance enrollment, document translation, english and computer classes. Uccw is dedicated to promoting equality, inclusion, and empowerment to the most vulnerable community members.

What it reported doing in 2023

United community center of westchester, inc. Has been organized to conduct a non-profit center located in new rochelle, ny - for the purpose of economic and social development of the community; - to assist anyone in this diverse community in making use of the resources or services to which they are entitled; - such activities include, but are not limited to, workshops, esl classes, family health programs, immigration services, enrollment of applicants for low-cost ny state sponsored health insurance, employment searches, eviction prevention, landlord and tenant mediation, domestic violence issues, relocation assistance, and referral to substance abuse and mental health programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.8%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.72; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.8% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $393K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2023
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.