Volunteer Action Center of Miami Inc Hands on Miami
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462774277
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9542331300
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $39,504
- Expenses
- $48,547
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MRS DALE MANDELL (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MRS DALE MANDELL (PRESIDENT/CEO): $126,000 total reported compensation
- JEFF ZUCKERMAN (TREASURER): $39,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Hands on miami inspires, equips and mobilizes people to take action to positively affect change in miami-dade county.
What it reported doing in 2023
Volunteer services - hands on miami recruits, trains and engages volunteers in service in order to meet the needs of local communities. We connect individuals and groups to meaningful hands-on service opportunities in miami-dade county. Youth leadership development - engage youth ages 5-17 in volunteer service that develops their leadership skills and provides solutions to community issues through volunteerism.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -22.9%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $126K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.