2021-02-26T15:11:50-06:00 2020-06-30 GRANT THORNTON LLP 757 THIRD AVENUE 3RD FLOOR NEW YORK NY 100172013 990 2019-07-01 133843322 CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Inc % PANAGIOTA MAHENDRU CENT 2124224430 50 Broadway Suite ste 1604 New York NY 10004 PANAGIOTA MAHENDRU CFO 2124224430 2021-02-26 true Scott Thompsett P00741490 2125990100 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X SAMUEL SCHAEFFER 50 Broadway ste 1604 New York NY 10004 86659800 false X www.ceoworks.org X 1996 NY CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INC. (CEO) PROVIDES IMMEDIATE, EFFECTIVE, AND COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION. 15 15 7697 90 0 0 58614082 86298600 0 0 119037 328194 9441 33006 58742560 86659800 0 0 0 0 40499525 50295255 0 0 1342017 12868794 24959925 53368319 75255180 5374241 11404620 28386910 40760830 4861039 5843253 23525871 34917577 X CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INC. (CEO) IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING IMMEDIATE, EFFECTIVE, AND COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS RETURNING HOME AFTER INCARCERATION. CEOS THEORY OF CHANGE POSITS THAT IF THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS ARE MET WHEN THEY ARE FIRST RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO RECIDIVATE AND ARE BETTER ABLE TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR A STABLE, PRODUCTIVE LIFE. CEO DELIVERS EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMMING THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR IN EACH OF ITS OFFICES ACROSS TEN STATES. CEOS PROGRAM PROVIDES EACH PARTICIPANT ONE WEEK OF IN-CLASS LIFE SKILLS AND JOB READINESS INSTRUCTION, FOLLOWED BY PAID WORK ON WORK CREWS SUPERVISED BY CEO PERMANENT STAFF (TRANSITIONAL WORK). CONCURRENT WITH TRANSITIONAL WORK, CEO PROVIDES JOB COACHING AND JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES TO HELP INDIVIDUALS FIND FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THEN RECEIVE JOB RETENTION SUPPORT TO HELP THEM ADVANCE WITHIN THE LAB true false 36162528 0 0 TRANSITIONAL WORK PROGRAM - IMMEDIATE WORK FOR SAME DAY PAY: AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, AFTER ONE WEEK OF CLASSROOM TRAINING, CEO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WORK ON TRANSITIONAL WORK CREWS. EACH TRANSITIONAL WORK CREW IS COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 5-8 PARTICIPANTS WHO WORK FOR, AND ARE PAID BY, CEO. EACH TRANSITIONAL WORK CREW IS RUN AND SUPERVISED BY A SITE SUPERVISOR, A PERMANENT CEO EMPLOYEE. IN FY2020, CEO PROVIDED TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT TO 5,306 FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS THROUGH ITS 28 OFFICES. CEO'S TRANSITIONAL WORK CREWS ARE TYPICALLY FUNDED BY THE ENTITY RECEIVING THE CREW SERVICES. CEO HAS ESTABLISHED CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH A VARIETY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS) AND CERTAIN PRIVATE EMPLOYERS FOR SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GROUNDSKEEPING, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, HIGHWAY CLEANUP, AND EVENT SETUP AND BREAKDOWN. THE TRANSITIONAL WORK SETTING BENEFITS PARTICIPANTS IN SEVERAL WAYS. FIRST, ALL PARTICIPANTS CAN BEGIN WORKING IMMEDIATELY AFTER COMPLETING CLASSROOM TRAINING. CEO PAYS EACH MEMBER OF A WORK CREW ON A DAILY BASIS, PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME. THE DAILY PAY SCHEDULE ELIMINATES THE INCOME TIMING GAP INHERENT IN BI-WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAY CYCLES. SECOND, THE CLOSE SUPERVISION PROVIDED BY THE TRAINED PERMANENT SUPERVISOR TO A SMALL NUMBER OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ENABLES SUPERVISORS TO CLOSELY GUIDE AND COACH EACH WORK CREW MEMBER. THE TRANSITIONAL WORK MODEL ALSO FACILITATES PARTICIPANTS IN SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND GAINING MOTIVATION FROM EACH OTHER'S SUCCESSES. 32784741 0 0 VOCATIONAL TRAINING: CONCURRENT WITH TRANSITIONAL WORK, CEO PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES. DURING THE PERIOD THAT PARTICIPANTS ARE WORKING ON TRANSITIONAL WORK CREWS, THEY TYPICALLY MEET WITH A JOB COACH ONE DAY PER WEEK. JOB COACHES REINFORCE THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING CLASSROOM TRAINING, COACH PARTICIPANTS ON JOB PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIORS, AND ASSIST PARTICIPANTS WITH ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THEIR TRANSITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE. AFTER A PARTICIPANT SHOWS CONSISTENT, HIGH-PERFORMING WORKPLACE BEHAVIORS, JOB COACHES ASSESS THE PARTICIPANT AS "JOB START READYASSIGN THEM TO A BUSINESS ACCOUNT MANAGER (BAM). BAMS WORK DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYERS TO IDENTIFY LABOR MARKET NEEDS AND POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES. BAMS THEN MATCH ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS WITH EMPLOYERS. SINCE BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 1996, CEO HAS MADE MORE THAN 37,000 FULL-TIME JOB PLACEMENTS FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. IN FY2020, CEO'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICES RESULTED IN 2,383 FULL-TIME JOB PLACEMENTS IN A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS SUCH AS FOOD SERVICE, RETAIL, WHOLESALE, MANUFACTURING, HUMAN SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND WAREHOUSING. AFTER PARTICIPANTS BEGIN WORKING IN PERMANENT JOBS, THEY MEET REGULARLY WITH A CEO RETENTION SPECIALIST. RETENTION SPECIALISTS WORK WITH EACH PARTICIPANT TO HELP THAT INDIVIDUAL REMAIN CONNECTED TO THE WORKFORCE. RETENTION SPECIALISTS OFFER WORKPLACE COUNSELING, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, NEW JOB DEVELOPMENT IN THE EVENT OF A JOB LOSS, AND LONG-TERM CAREER PLANNING FOR ONE YEAR AFTER PLACEMENT. 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THIS GUIDANCE PROVIDES THAT THE TAX EFFECTS FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION CAN ONLY BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IF THE POSITION IS "MORE-LIKELY-THAN NOT" TO BE SUSTAINDED IF THE POSITION WERE TO BE CHALLENGED BY A TAXING AUTHORITY. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TAX POSITION IS BASED SOLELY ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE TAX POSITION MAY BE CHALLENGED. CEO is exempt from federal income tax under IRC section 501(c)(3), though it is subject to tax on income unrelated to its exempt purpose, unless that income is otherwise excluded by the code. CEO has processes in place to ensure the maintenance of its tax-exempt status; to identify and report unrelated business income; to determine its filing and tax obligations in jurisdictions for which it has nexus; and to identify and evaluate other matters that may be considered tax positions. CEO has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions that require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. In addition, CEO has not recorded a provision for income taxes as it has no material tax liability from unrelated business income activities. X X true false false false false false false true false Samuel Schaeffer CEO Executive Director 336266 0 15000 0 0 0 10388 0 15887 0 377541 0 0 0 Samra Haider Chief Strategy Officer 219916 0 25000 0 0 0 7073 0 526 0 252515 0 0 0 bradley l dudding Chief impact Off. (THRU 08/19) 106579 0 0 0 0 0 3211 0 11674 0 121464 0 0 0 Panagiota Mahendru Chief Financial Officer 213417 0 26000 0 0 0 7025 0 15122 0 261564 0 0 0 Christopher Watler Executive Director of CEO NY 171133 0 20000 0 0 0 5769 0 15122 0 212024 0 0 0 YURI OKUMURA GENERAL COUNSEL 143506 0 20000 0 0 0 4760 0 526 0 168792 0 0 0 William Heiser SENIOR DIRECTOR, BUS. DEVELOP. 161794 0 33000 0 0 0 5940 0 6216 0 206950 0 0 0 Timothy Williams Sen. Dir. of Op. (THRU 09/19) 101139 0 0 0 67015 0 2938 0 16577 0 187669 0 0 0 JESSICA ALICEA Deputy Exec. Dir., uPSTATE ny 126177 0 6160 0 0 0 4080 0 15887 0 152304 0 0 0 Form 990, Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Senior Director of Operations, Timothy Williams, received severance in calendar year 2019. This amount is reported on Schedule J, Part II, Column B(iii). Form 990, Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Center for Employment Opportunities offers merit based bonuses that are defined by long term goals tied to its strategic plan. The CEO reviews employee performance and authorizes bonuses based on the individual having met certain objective company goals. Bonuses are entirely discretionary based on the company's annual budget and performance. The Chief Executive Officer's own bonus is determined by the Board of Directors based on similar objective company goals. All compensation decisions are documented in Board meeting minutes. X 1 1511703 Fair Market Value false true true form 990, part iii, line 2 As a result of COVID-19, in April 2020, CEO launched the Returning Citizen stimulus ("rcs") initiative, a nation-wide initiative under its VS program. Under RCS, CEO provides cash assistance to eligible individuals while providing direct support or connecting them to essential reentry support providers. With the support and collaboration of sponsoring foundations, CEO expects to raise and distribute approximately $30.3 million in contributions during the April - December 2020 period. Under this initiative, CEO recorded $16.9 million during fiscal 2020. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS DAVID MOSKOVITZ AND KATHY JO MANNES HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS: CEOS FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT TEAM. UPON COMPLETION THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS THE FORM 990. ONCE THE 990 IS APPROVED FOR FILING, A COPY IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING: CEO has a Conflict of Interest Policy. Each January, the Conflict of Interest Policy is circulated to the Board of Directors and to the organizations Executive Team. All Board members and Executive Team must disclose any interests that could give rise to conflicts. The organizations Conflict of Interest Policy is summarized in the Employee Handbook. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS COMPARABLE SALARIES AT COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE IF THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO FALLS WITHIN THE SALARY RANGE OF SIMILAR EXECUTIVES AT SUCH ORGANIZATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND FULL BOARD EACH REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AFTER DELIBERATION ON THIS MATTER, A SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE IS PROPOSED, AND THEN VOTED ON. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15B EACH YEAR, EACH CEO STAFF MEMBER RECEIVES A PERFORMANCE REVIEW PRIOR TO DETERMINATION OF COMPENSATION. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVES AND DETERMINE THE REASONABLENESS OF THE PROPOSED COMPENSATION. EACH PARTY IS AN INDEPENDENT PARTY; THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THEN DOCUMENTS THE DECISION. CEO PURCHASED A NATIONAL COMPENSATION REPORT FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR 2020. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORM 990 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY POSTING IT ON ITS WEBSITE AND RETAINING A COPY AT ITS PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND AT MANAGEMENT'S DISCRETION.