Urban League of Greater Philadelphia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231429810
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2159853220
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,598,024
Expenses
$10,162,244
Assets
$14,280,448
Liabilities
$4,764,287

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARRIN W ANDERSON SR PHD (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DARRIN W ANDERSON SR PHD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $379,380 total reported compensation
  • CHETAN PANDA (VP, ECONOMIC AND COMM DEV): $232,194 total reported compensation
  • DENNIS NICHOLS (DIRECTOR OF RE-ENTRY): $176,875 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the urban league is to empower disadvantaged, underresourced and marginalized communities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our career services and workforce development department connects greater philadelphia residents to economic opportunity through a comprehensive suite of programs and services. From our in-house career center and community resource newsletter to industry-specific training, job fairs, and employer spotlight events, we meet jobseekers where they are. The individuals we serve span a wide range - from the unemployed and underemployed to working professionals seeking advancement into management. Our services include individual career consultations, career aptitude assessments, job posting access, seminars, and hands-on workforce training.career training remains at the core of our mission. In 2025, we supported 167 men and women in securing employment, with an average hourly wage of $16.70. Our signature initiative, ready2work - a workforce bootcamp designed to equip emerging professionals ages 1834 with the skills and confidence to compete in today's job market - served 84 participants, with 77 completing the program. Our summer internship program placed 81 college students in meaningful, 21st-century workplace experiences, setting them on a stronger path toward post-graduation success."

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $58.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $379K · 26 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $612K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.