Arabella Wellness Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991847023
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
4695477068
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Womens' Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,145
Expenses
$35,354
Assets
$3,720
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Natesha Smith-Isabell (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Natesha Smith-Isabell (CEO): $11,653 total reported compensation
  • Latonia Smith (Instructional Designer): $11,295 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Arabella Wellness Center provides culturally responsive, trauma-informed care to women through digital wellness services (i.e., restorative bodywork, oral health education, nutritional guidance, wellness planning) and community-rooted support. We also deliver education and training to clinicians and providers working with women navigating trauma, transition, and healing. In 2024, we expanded organizational partnerships, hosted restorative workshops, and offered virtual trainings and digital resources to equip individuals and care professionals with tools for responsive, healing-centered practice.

What it reported doing in 2024

LifeBridge Wellness is a culturally responsive suicide prevention initiative developed and delivered by Arabella Wellness Center to address the urgent need for healing-centered care among women navigating trauma, transition, and the invisible wounds of service. In 2024, Arabella designed and implemented a trauma-informed curriculum tailored to the needs of women veterans, perinatal women, and other underserved populations. The curriculum integrated emotional literacy, protective factors, and restorative engagement strategies. Arabella facilitated a series of interactive trainings across hospitals, clinics, schools, and nonprofits, reaching 325 participants-including clinicians, educators, and peer support specialists. Each session emphasized trust-building, cultural humility, and practical application of suicide prevention tools. Participant feedback highlighted increased confidence and capacity to intervene with compassion and urgency. The program was developed, facilitated, and evaluated by Arabella's internal team. Expenses incurred during the reporting period totaled $12,500, allocated from salaries and wages. Revenue of $29,050 was recognized under modified accrual accounting through a contract with a nonprofit partner committed to expanding trauma-informed suicide prevention efforts across North Texas and beyond.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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 most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 58%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: 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: -10%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 64.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 58% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.