Zion Community Development Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311577772
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Oberlin, OH, USA
Phone
4407741800
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,511
Expenses
$64,033
Assets
$173,337
Liabilities
$32,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAN MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID SONNER (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT SMITH (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALAN MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID SONNER (PRESIDENT)
  • GLORY HOLT (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Low income housing

What it reported doing in 2016

Organizes land purchase projects-affordable green housing initiative on behalf of affordable housing in oberlin, Ohio

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.5%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.