Bethanna

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231649667
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Southampton, PA, USA
Phone
2153556500
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Children's, Youth Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,927,169
Expenses
$41,697,798
Assets
$17,019,422
Liabilities
$8,897,159

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN HAMILTON-DERRY (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • CHRISTINE R NICHOLS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARIANNA COOPER-DREW (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN HAMILTON-DERRY (PRESIDENT & CEO): $179,182 total reported compensation
  • HEATHER R MILLER (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $154,790 total reported compensation
  • MARIANNA COOPER-DREW (VICE PRESIDENT): $152,225 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Bethanna is a christian non-profit social service organization providing services to children and families in philadelphia, southeastern and central Pennsylvania. Founded as a bible and missionary organization, bethanna whose name means "house of grace", joins families along their journey to strengthen families, promote resilience, and offer hope in times of need. A variety of child, youth and family strengthening services including child welfare, behavioral health, and children's mobile crisis services are provided by bethanna.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adoption - bethanna's first priority is to safely reunite the child and parents. However, when it is not possible for a child to return to his/her biological family, bethanna seeks adoptive families to ensure the child has a permanent home. Bethanna is an affiliate of the Pennsylvania statewide adoption and permanency network (swan).the pece parenting education program presents practical parenting skills and encourages open communication and positive and safe interactions between children and parents. The program involves videotaped lessons, group discussions, and interactive sessions between parents and their children. The pece program currently offers classes to parents in the process of reunification, kinship care parents, and fathers who are incarcerated in the philadelphia work release program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 97% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $248.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th 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: 13%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $40.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $179K · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $953K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.