Advocates - Crisis Support Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742346041
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Craig, CO, USA
Phone
9708249709
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Reported finances

Revenue
$414,892
Expenses
$382,970
Assets
$582,858
Liabilities
$9,049

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REBECCA WARREN (PRESIDENT)
  • CINDY MORRIS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TAMARA R CURTIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHARLES G GROBE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES G GROBE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $30,000 total reported compensation
  • TAMARA R CURTIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $7,316 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Advocates - Crisis Support Services is committed to

What it reported doing in 2017

Provide crisis services to victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $307K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.