Austin Disaster Relief Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264789907
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5124286322
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,061,509
Expenses
$2,758,690
Assets
$1,117,928
Liabilities
$100,229

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DWIGHT BAILEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISTAR PERUMAL (SENIOR DIRECTOR - ADVANCEMENT): $120,000 total reported compensation
  • DWIGHT BAILEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $111,490 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL GISH (CFO (UNTIL 09/24)): $103,619 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Austin disaster relief network's mission is to glorify christ by equipping, empowering, and mobilizing the church of greater austin to shepherd those affected by disaster and meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, the austin disaster relief network (adrn) responded to 84 disasters across our five-county region. General disasters, which are predominantly apartment and home fires, made up 74 of the total and the remaing six were named disasters. From the south cannon panhandle, casulo and hays county/san marcos fires that burned in the first quarer to hurricanes beryl, helene, and milton that hit in the fall, adrn was actively responding to physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Adrn churches and trained volunteers served people through over 500 ingoing/outgiong disaster related calls through the call center, served 86 families, with over 222 indivuals impacted by disaster, and helped survivors to access resources, including immediate relief through gift cards, and other critically-needed supplies (clean-up buckets, hygeine kits, care kits).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th 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; 72nd 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: 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: -33.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 61.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.