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Northwest Counseling Service Inc

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · EIN 23-2205944 · Housing & Shelter · tax-exempt since 1984

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 59.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2024.

Graded against 30,563 housing & shelter nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.2.3 months78
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.78% of practices78
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.31
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.93% from one source15
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.97.0%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.2%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.02not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2024Form 990$1.03M$895K$136K$174K2.315C
Sep 2023Form 990$731K$755K−$24K$38K0.611C
Sep 2022Form 990$629K$682K−$52K$62K1.111D
Sep 2021Form 990$685K$623K$63K$114K2.29C
Sep 2020Form 990$654K$648K$5,978$52K1.011C
Sep 2019Form 990$689K$629K$59K$46K0.911D
Sep 2018Form 990$614K$644K−$30K−$14K-0.311D
Sep 2017Form 990$660K$597K$63K$16K0.312D
Sep 2016Form 990$555K$604K−$49K−$47K-0.913D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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