Working Together PA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208210915
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pottstown, PA, USA
Phone
4844676357
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Nonprofit Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,019,558
Expenses
$1,324,065
Assets
$2,680,166
Liabilities
$3,915,905

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Amy Koller (Accounting and Human Resource Direc): $7,692 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Working Together is a 501c3 that is a self - help residential community for adult individuals who have hit bottom and desire to turn their lives around. The organization embodies the concept of offering a hand up not a hand out. The individuals served are those in need of structure purpose and emotional support so that they can recover and develop into self-sufficient contributing members of society. The overwhelming majority will have experienced the trauma from physical and or sexual assault will be in recovery from substance abuse and have been incarcerated.

What it reported doing in 2024

Working Together served the community by participation with the local historical railroad - The Colebrookdale Railroad that serves the public for an entertaining ride in the countryside around Pottstown PA. Our students provided wait services set up and clean up for the railroad.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 88
  • Accountability: 54
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.3%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 7
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 2nd 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.46; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 147.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 136.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.3% of revenue deployed · 7.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $8K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 38 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.