Western Connecticut Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061411713
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Watertown, CT, USA
Phone
2037437741
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,891,754
Expenses
$1,815,675
Assets
$1,020,289
Liabilities
$653,160

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALLISON FULTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • RUDY MARCONI (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL GILLOTTI (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALLISON FULTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $189,015 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wctc is a regional behavioral health action organization (rbhao). Our mission is to promote the behavioral health continuum of care and to ehance the quality of life at every stage.

What it reported doing in 2024

Western ct coalition serves the following towns: barkhamsted, beacon falls, bethel, bethlehem, bridgewater, brookfield, canaan, cheshire, colebrook, cornwall, danbury, goshen, hartland, harwinton, kent, litchfield, middlebury, morris, naugatuck, new fairfield, new hartford, new milford, newtown, norfolk, north canaan, oxford, prospect, redding, ridgefield, roxbury, salisbury, sharon, sherman, southbury, thomaston, torrington, warren, Washington, waterbury, watertown, wolcott, woodbury and winchester. We are a coalition of volunteers and a small staff that endeavor to help communities, families and individuals increase the positive attributes that reduce the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. We provide a variety of services to the community, including: mental health promotion and substance misuse prevention programs in the 43 town service area. Assessing behavioral health needs of children, adolescents and adults, develop regional plans identifying priority recommendations for the continuum of care of mental health and substance abuse services, provide direction to the 26 local prevention councils in region 5, building capacity of local communities to address problem gambling, serving as a strategic community partner to link state substance abuse prevention, problem gambling awareness, mental health promotion and related priorities with local and regional initiatives, providing opiod education and training and distribution of narcan (naloxone) to identified high risk/need sub-populations, coordinating suicide prevention programs and initiatives that support evidence-based post prevention practices in all 43 communities in region 5.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 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: 4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $189K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.