Via Events Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232993946
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6103178000
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Thrift Shops
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $467,705
- Expenses
- $78,527
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lisa Walkiewicz (President and CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Randall Letterhouse (Former CFO): $142,667 total reported compensation
- Lisa Walkiewicz (President and CEO): $132,542 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Via Events, Inc. is to raise funds for the services for people with disabilities that Via of the Lehigh Valley, Inc. provides. Via Events, Inc. promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities into a productive community life, emphasizing health and wellness opportunities.
What it reported doing in 2021
The mission of Via Events, Inc. is to raise funds to advance Via of the Lehigh Valley and the services it provides for people with disabilities. Via Events promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities into a productive community life, emphasizing health and wellness opportunities.Via of the Lehigh Valley is a non-profit agency that provides services for children and adults with disabilities in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Bucks and Berks counties. Operating since 1952, Via serves more than 1,200 people every year.Early Intervention therapists offer physical, occupational and speech therapy to children to advance competencies and reach developmental milestones. Programs for young adults focus on networking with peers and gaining vocational skills in preparation for life after graduation. Services for adults help them to prepare for, attain and retain employment to promote independence. Our staff help individuals of all ages gain life skills, develop friendships and learn how to take advantage of all the community has to offer. In addition to providing a variety of high-quality programs, Via also advocates for inclusion and equal access to community activities.Via Thrift StoresVia Events, Inc. operated one Thrift Store during the year ended June 30, 2022. Goods sold are donated by the public and converted to cash by sales to the public. Donated goods are also sold to a third party for cash who in turn sells the same items on the international clothing market. Via Events, Inc. uses the cash receipts from these sales (post expense) to further its mission to advance Via of the Lehigh Valley and the services it provides for people with disabilities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Affiliate-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 9
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: $94.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 26th 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- 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: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 83.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2021
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule M noncash within contributions did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.