Allies in Change

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462515495
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032977979
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$713,818
Expenses
$749,065
Assets
$112,479
Liabilities
$99,900

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER HUFFINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER HUFFINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $94,039 total reported compensation
  • TREY NANCE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $87,931 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of allies in change is to raise awareness of, educate about, and encourage the practice of healthy, loving and respectful relationships with oneself, one's partner and family, and the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Allies in change offers individual, couples, and group counseling for men and women struggling with a variety of issues, including anger, depression, stress, anxiety, ptsd, domestic violence, significant life transitions, as well as many other issues. We offer a variety of men's and women's groups designed to help people have more successful relationships. While we have a sub-specialty in domestic violence and anger management, we are a full service counseling center with a variety of different licensed therapists specialize in a variety of different therapies.continued on schedule owe provide a multitude of different trainings and community education for professionals, agencies, and other organizations. In accordance with our mission and outreach efforts, we seek to spread as much awareness and education as possible in our local and national communities through our free and low-cost trainings. We offer a multitude of different trainings covering a wide variety of issues including, but not limited to: understanding domestic violence, managing stress, and risk assessment. We offer a multitude of different trainings covering a wide variety of issues including, but not limited to: understanding domestic violence, managing stress, and risk assessment.we offer a multitude of different trainings covering a wide variety of issues including, but not limited to: understanding domestic violence, managing stress, and risk assessment. We offer a multitude of different trainings covering a wide variety of issues including, but not limited to: understanding domestic violence, managing stress, and risk assessment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 65% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $487K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.