Ymca of Plainfield
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221515227
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018
- Location
- Plainfield, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9087566060
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,607,717
- Expenses
- $1,214,178
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAVENELLE WILLIAMS IV (President & CEO)
People named in this filing
- KIERAN N ANDERSON (Chairman)
- GAVIN WELLINGTON (Treasurer)
- PAUL ZIODIS (Trustee)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The plainfield area ymca is a charitable, non-profit 501(c)(3) service organization dedicated to improving the potential of every member through programs that build spirit, mind and body. The plainfied ymca has dedicated itself to serving the priority needs of the community since 1877. From the beginning, the ymca has offered housing, wellness and recreational programs. In the last 40 years, the ymca has implemented comprehensive foster care, emergency shelter, after school, summer camp and employment training programs. The programs of the ymca have always provided a safe, developmental environment for children, families and adults.for 2018, its last year of operations, the plainfied ymca identified a list of five (5) organizational priorities: reduce childhood obesity; combat urban youth drowning; help bridge the educational gap; assist the homeless; promote community health and wellness.
What it reported doing in 2018
PROGRAM SERVICE SUMMARYAnnually, the Plainfield Area YMCA delivers services to local families that include: b
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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.8%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 9th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.8% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $864K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.