Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc
Overview
Mission
Delivering solutions to end domestic and dating violence through intervention, awareness and prevention.
What it reported doing in 2024
Residential programs: the agency has two residential programs in the city of boston for survivors and children made homeless by domestic violence: the mary l. Foreman emergency shelter and the teen parenting program (tpp). Serving individuals and families, the total per-night capacity is 18 adults and 26 children. Tpp specializes in supports for pregnant and parenting teens made homeless by family or domestic violence. In addition, casa myrna operates a housing program for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. In recent years, casa myrna has expanded our housing services to include a rapid rehousing program where survivors move quickly from homelessness to permanent housing with rental support for up to two years from casa myrna.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042625710
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6175210134
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Victims' Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,082,404
- Expenses
- $10,220,267
- Assets
- $9,831,848
- Liabilities
- $5,443,757
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $17.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $184K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $170K reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHANIE BROWN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $184,189 total reported compensation
- RONALD MASON (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $116,381 total reported compensation
- VENESSA ROSEMOND (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $110,011 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.