Westchester Community Opportunity Program

Legal name: Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132547122
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Elmsford, NY, USA
Phone
914-592-5600
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,635,704
Expenses
$31,354,473
Assets
$17,689,420
Liabilities
$19,432,213

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EDDIE MAE BARNES (1ST VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • ALTHEMA GOODSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • DR LATASHA CARVER (2ND VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • KIRON DAWKINS (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIRON DAWKINS (CEO): $195,478 total reported compensation
  • VERNON FRAY (CFO): $153,064 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 mobilize resources to combat poverty and its adverse effects in the Hudson Valley.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cap program: westcop's community action partnerships (caps) are essential hubs of advocacy and service for underserved populations addressing local needs while fostering community empowerment. They serve the critical role of advocates for impoverished and minority constituencies, assisting them in organizing in order to influence the larger community's allocation of resources and keeping their interests before local governments, public and private agencies. Westcop's caps serve to: identify the local needs of residents on an ongoing basis, provide vital resources to residents in their respective neighborhoods, provide direct services to individuals who have nowhere else to turn and connect residents to services that are provided within westcop and by other local service providers. Examples of the program and services that westcop's community action partnership (cap) centers provide are as follows: financial and digital literacy workshops, education imitiatives for youth and adult, which are designed to improve educational outcomes, employment support, back-to-school programs, summer education programs, adult basic education preparation and benefit coordination and advocacy, nutrition and wellness and emergency financial assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $274.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.1; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $27.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 15 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $700K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.