Upper Susitna Seniors Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920108548
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Willow, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9077332626
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $327,567
- Expenses
- $407,574
- Assets
- $1,991,134
- Liabilities
- $6,435
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Kevin O'Connor (Executive Dir.): $30,488 total reported compensation
- Vicki Kilbourn until 1024 (Vice Chair): $18,920 total reported compensation
- Erica Sparks until 1024 (Secretary): $12,265 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 serve the communities of the Upper Susitna Valley with a focus on the needs and concerns of seniors and to provide a safe place where the community can come together for meetings, classes and special events
What it reported doing in 2024
The kitchen served approximately 3206 congregate meals, every Tuesday and the 3rd Thursday of every month, as well as 864 meals on wheels (MOW) served on Tuesdays. In addition to these meals, MOW served an 4175 meals from local restaurant vendors. The kitchen had 4 volunteers for 2024 for a total number of 86.5 hours.The Center holds several fundraising events throughout the year: Bingo, Gun Show, Yard Sales, Annual Membership Dinner, New Years Eve Dinners, Volunteer dinner, and Holiday Bazaar. We also hold several free events for community members to enjoy: An Easter Egg Hunt, Breakfast with Santa, a Fathers Day Community BBQ, as well as a health fair.In addition, the Center is used to host different events such as the Susitna Community Council monthly meetings, AA Sobriety weekly meetings, Homemakers Monthly and Annual Meetings, CERT Training, AARP Tax Help and Sunshine Community Clinic Health Fair.The center also had classes during 2023 such as Active Shooter, Medicare Lunch Information and Learning Session, Alzheimers Classes, Beginning Computer Classes, and monthly Sunshine Clinic Blood Pressure checks.We also hosted a field trip for our local day care center and a fund raiser for two of our members that lost their home to a house fire.
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
STRONG - 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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- 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: -24.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.89; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $348K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.