York County Economic Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453777710
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- York, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7178484000
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Business and Industry
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,987,344
- Expenses
- $3,862,139
- Assets
- $4,453,418
- Liabilities
- $1,820,872
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SARA PARRISH (PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN SCHREIBER (PRESIDENT &)
Highest reported compensation
- KEVIN SCHREIBER (PRESIDENT &): $314,959 total reported compensation
- SILAS CHAMBERLIN (VP, EC. & CO): $232,420 total reported compensation
- NANCY BARRY (VP, OPERATIO): $194,669 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ycea drives york county's economic growth by leveraging the collaboration, resources, and expertise needed to create sustainable prosperity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Ycea gives access to more than 1,000 businesses representing over 50,000 employees. Membership services help promote the business community and support members to achieve economic development. More than 34 events are offered annually. Ycea allows members to market their organiztion to an extensive range of over 700 business categories throughout the region. There are many ways for members to promote their business. Through the partnership campaign, members may purchase sponsorships to market their business. Members also may promote their business through various publications. Ycea gives members a voice to be heard on issues facing small and large businesses. The business advocacy committee works on members' behalf to take action on legislative and education issues that affect ycea members. Our business advocacy network connects members with elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels. Members have the opportunity to network through luncheons, trips, and the economics club.
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 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.5%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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; 63rd 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: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.5% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $315K · 22 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.