Alpha House of Pinellas County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591991525
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- St Petersburg, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7278228190
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services for Adolescent Parents
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,117,137
- Expenses
- $1,201,497
- Assets
- $2,116,393
- Liabilities
- $102,454
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TARA SEARLES (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JULIE SWIGON (EXEC DIR): $90,905 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER STRACICK (EXEC DIR (FO): $80,671 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide housing and supporting services to homeless pregnant women and teens, new mothers with infants, and families experiencing crisis pregnancies.
What it reported doing in 2024
Residential program licensed by the Florida department of children and families, alpha house's residential program serves up to 16 women and 16 infants in a supportive transitional living environment for women experiencing homelessness who are pregnant or parenting. The primary goal of the program is to help residents achieve long-term self-sufficiency. Participants are required to engage in employment, education, or vocational training while in the program. Each resident is supported by a dedicated, full-time case manager who coordinates individualized services, including medical care, education, wic, and other community resources. In addition, residents work closely with a full-time life skills educator who provides both individual and group instruction in essential life skills such as budgeting, meal planning, job readiness, interview skills, laundry, and childcare, including cpr and first aid. A full-time counselor also provides trauma-informed individual and group counseling. Approximately 90% of residents have experienced domestic violence or abuse, and services are designed to address these complex needs. The residential program serves approximately 45 families annually
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.9%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $42.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th 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: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.76; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.9% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $798K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.