Urban Resource Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
112561648
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, United States
Phone
6465880030
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,597,920
Expenses
$117,904,980
Assets
$441,372,905
Liabilities
$413,591,090

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATHANIEL FIELDS (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • NATHANIEL FIELDS (PRESIDENT/CEO): $631,534 total reported compensation
  • ANTHONY B EDWARDS (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $342,839 total reported compensation
  • BEVERLY RIDDICK (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $326,249 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 empower individuals, families, and communities, particularly communities of color and other disenfranchised populations, to end cycles of violence, homelessness, poverty, and trauma by increasing safety and resiliency. We work to create joy in the lives of our clients as we support them through their journey. We believe that collective healing from trauma includes the cultivation of joy in community. PHILANTHROPIC ORIENTATION. SERVICE EXCELLENCE We maintain persistent efforts to achieve goals and provide superior services to each other and clients. We continuously demonstrate credibility and reliability through quality work. We maintain persistent efforts to achieve goals and provide superior services to each other and clients.

What it reported doing in 2024

Justice initiatives: uri's justice initiatives department delivered programming across multiple service areas. The people & animals living safely (pals) program served 218 clients and 293 pets and conducted 29 technical assistance activities, expanding co-sheltering capacity regionally and nationally. The economic empowerment program (eep) served 307 participants; 33 secured employment at average annual wages of $40,638 (full-time) and $26,703 (part-time); 30 completed paid internships; 45 retained employment for at least one year; and 12 earned industry-recognized certifications. Eep hosted 21 hiring and career events and completed 56 financial safety assessments and 56 financial safety planning sessions. The relationship abuse prevention program (rapp) and early rapp completed 495 workshops across 23 schools, serving 1,487 students and delivering 1,651 individual and 340 group counseling sessions. The abusive partner intervention program (apip) served 89 mandated participants and launched a community-based culture-shaping initiative in manhattan. The crime victim services program at the justice initiatives center (cvsp-jic) supported 352 clients and delivered 8,528 services, including safety planning, criminal justice advocacy, and court accompaniments. The crime victim services program at the bronx family justice center (cvsp-bxfjc) served 1,323 participants and delivered 9,845 services. The legal education and advocacy program (leap) provided legal consultations to 200 survivors in family and immigration law, assisted 12 clients in obtaining permanent legal resident status, and facilitated 8 staff trainings with 91 attendees. The rapid re-housing (rrh) program assisted 50 individuals and families in securing permanent housing, achieving a 100% housing retention rate upon exit, with 10 participants transitioning to long-term stability through section 8 vouchers. The transformative justice collective's abcs in the shelter program delivered trauma-informed prevention education to children residing in dv shelters.

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

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 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: 1.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.74; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.94; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $104M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $632K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $106K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.