Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 233001411
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2155572626
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,688,449
- Expenses
- $2,988,920
- Assets
- $3,557,967
- Liabilities
- $1,442,851
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANUJ GUPTA (PRESIDENT &)
Highest reported compensation
- ANUJ GUPTA (PRESIDENT &): $180,135 total reported compensation
- REBECCA RATHJE (DIR. OF DEVE): $115,103 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 welcoming center's mission is to support broad economic participation by helping people from many backgrounds build skills, confidence, and community connections. We aim to expand access to opportunities for individuals of all education and experience levels and strengthen their ability to navigate local systems and pursue long-term wellbeing. We believe that welcoming new residents, workers, and entrepreneurs helps strengthen Pennsylvania by supporting population renewal, stabilizing neighborhoods, and contributing new ideas to the regional economy. When the state is a place that attracts people with a variety of experiences, it becomes more vibrant, more innovative, and better positioned to compete within a global market. We collaborate closely with government agencies, service providers, employers, business associations, trade unions, and economic development partners to deliver effective programs. To date, the welcoming center has engaged thousands of participants, supporting l
What it reported doing in 2024
The welcoming center for new pennsylvanians is a nonprofit organization promoting inclusive economic growth through immigrant integration, providing a range of services to both foreign-born and u.s.-born individuals to help them enter and advance in the workforce, start and grow a small business, and become civically engaged in their communities.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $30.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $180K · 17 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $188K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.