Advocate Safehouse Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841047611
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Glenwood Springs, CO, USA
Phone
9709452632
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,209,472
Expenses
$1,135,280
Assets
$1,357,493
Liabilities
$126,894

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAM RUZICKA (PRESIDENT)
  • AMY LEUTKE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • BETTY LUCAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BETTY LUCAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $104,145 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Advocate safehouse project promotes healthy relationships free from violence as we strive to overcome imbalances through advocacy, collaboration, education and shelter.

What it reported doing in 2024

The outreach program offers support to survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence including legal advocacy in both civil and criminal courts, emotional support and advocacy through safety planning, information/referrals, resource identification, case management, survivor education, and working with other community resources. The organization handled more than 4,128 contacts with 651 clients (domestic violence and sexual assault survivors). The outreach program includes a 24-hour help line staffed by volunteer, trained advocates who provided 4,500 hours of service in 2024. The outreach program includes individual and group counseling. In 2024, 187 nonresidential survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence were offered support, advocacy, information and referrals. The latinx outreach program reached 213 latinx survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence and the youth program provided 57 youth survivors with emotional support, advocacy, information, and referrals with advocate safehouse project's youth program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 74% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $906K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.