Neighborhood Services Organization Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TRANSFORMING LIVES AND ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH SAFE, HEALTHY HOMES, DENTAL CARE, AND NUTRITION.
- Income
- $11.4 million
- Spending
- $5.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- -0.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 67%
- Employees
- 65
- Volunteers
- 240
- Highest pay
- $225,514, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 61 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 21% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 54% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 174% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2522 of 22 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $1.1 million spent. WIC - WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN NSOS WIC CLINIC IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT WIC CLINIC IN OKLAHOMA. THE CLINIC PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD VOUCHERS, HEALTH CARE REFERRALS AND NUTRITION / HEALTH INFORMATION TO LOW-INCOME PREGNANT, BREAST-FEEDING, AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEIR INFANTS / CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE FIVE. OUR WORK IS ROBUST: IN 2025, WE HAD A CASELOAD OF MORE THAN 70,276 WHILE FIELDING 132,194 CALLS FOR SERVICE. OUR PROGRAM GIFTS FAMILIES WITH LIFE- CHANGING KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO ADEQUATELY NOURISH BODIES AND IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH OUTCOMES. IN ADDITION, WE SERVED AS A SUMMER FOOD SITE, PROVIDING MORE THAN 2,474 MEALS.
- $2.5 million spent. 4B: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1920, NSO HAS SERVED CENTRAL OKLAHOMAS MOST MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORS - THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY, THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED AND THOSE AT RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER. AS NEIGHBORS FACE MOMENTS OF HOPELESSNESS, WE RESPOND WITH HOPE, DIGNITY, AND A PATH FORWARD. NSOS HISTORY PAINTS THE PICTURE OF A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION THAT IS AGILE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF ITS COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR DECADES OF SERVICE, NSO HAS INCUBATED INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT MEET EMERGING AND UNMET NEEDS. SEVERAL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE OKC FOOD BANK AND OTHERS, WERE FOUNDED AND NURTURED AT NSO BEFORE BECOMING INDEPENDENT, SUCCESSFUL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. TODAY, NSO LEADERS CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A LEADER IN RESPONDING TO THE HARSHEST CHALLENGES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY GAPS AND ELIMINATE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. IN 2025, NSOS HOUSING PROGRAMS INCLUDED HOMELESS PREVENTION, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WITH RENT AND MORTGAGES, TRANSITIONAL LIVING, AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. POPULATIONS SERVED INCLUDE YOUNG MEN AGES 18-23; MOTHERS AND CHILDREN; AND CHRONICALLY UNHOUSED ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. THE CAROLYN WILLIAMS CENTER (CWC) IS A 24-MONTH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM SERVING UNHOUSED YOUNG MEN AGES 18-23. MANY CWC RESIDENTS HAVE AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE. THE CWCS GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, HEALTHY HOME FOR THE YOUNG MEN, WHILE HELPING THEM DEVELOP THE RESOURCES AND SKILLS NEEDED TO TRANSITION INTO A PERMANENT HOME. IN 2025, THIS PROGRAM SERVED 40 YOUNG MEN, PROVIDING 951 HOURS OF CASE MANAGEMENT. NSO HAS TWO TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAMS FOR UNHOUSED MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. AT MARTHAS HOUSE, WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A FURNISHED THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. AT GATEWOOD, MOTHERS WHO ARE PREGNANT OR HAVE A YOUNG CHILD HAVE A FURNISHED ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE MOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A SAFE, HEALTHY HOME FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS WHILE THEY GAIN THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING. IN 2025, OUR MARTHAS HOUSE AND GATEWOOD SERVED 29 MOMS AND 44 CHILDREN. PALO DURO IS A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM SERVING ONCE UNHOUSED ADULTS WITH CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS. MANY PALO DURO RESIDENTS LIVED ON OKC STREETS FOR YEARS BEFORE COMING TO NSO. OUR GOAL IS FOR RESIDENTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERMANENT HOUSING, STAY HEALTHY AND BE PART OF THE PALO DURO COMMUNITY. IN 2025, PALO DURO GAVE 40 ADULTS A SAFE, HEALTHY HOME. IN 2025, NSO HELPED 80 FAMILIES - OR 226 ADULTS AND CHILDREN - STAY IN THEIR HOMES BY PROVIDING ONE-TIME RENTAL OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. ALL NSO HOUSING PROGRAMS WORK TO HELP RESIDENTS LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
- $1.3 million spent. 4C: NSO LOW-COST DENTAL CLINIC: HISTORICALLY, OKLAHOMA HAS RANKED AT OR NEAR THE BOTTOM FOR ADULTS WHO HAVE APPROPRIATE ORAL HEALTH CARE. SINCE 1969, NSO HAS OFFERED SERVICES THROUGH ITS LOW-COST DENTAL CLINIC. IN 2025, NSOS LOW-COST DENTAL CLINIC MADE SURE THAT ORAL HEALTH CARE IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, OR ECONOMIC STATUS. OUR LOW-COST DENTAL CLINIC SERVED 2,653 PATIENTS, PROVIDING 15,525 PROCEDURES. WE ALSO TOOK THE MESSAGE OF ORAL HEALTH OUTSIDE OUR CLINIC WALLS THROUGH OUR ORAL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM WHICH TRAVELED TO SCHOOLS, SENIOR CENTERS, NONPROFITS, DAYCARES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY SITES, SERVING 33,195 CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1970.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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