Bethany House of Northern Virginia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510252177
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mclean, VA, USA
Phone
7036589500
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$704,692
Expenses
$839,068
Assets
$1,443,492
Liabilities
$471,946

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CALEB ACKER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHANELLE OKENCHI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIFFANY SANTANA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIFFANY SANTANA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $91,052 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Bethany house's mission is to empower women and children escaping domestic violence by providing safe, short-term housing and comprehensive, trauma-informed services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family assistance program1. Residential program - the residential program provided 4-6 months of confidential shelter in the safe house to women and children escaping domestic violence. A live-in house manager was responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the home, ensuring the safety and security of the home, and creating an environment that is conducive to healing. Clients in the residential program received individual and group counseling and life advancement programming. The residential program served 17 women between july 2024-june 2025; this number does not include children, who also received safe housing with their mothers.2. Life advancement programming - through life advancement programming, each client is assigned a case manager who assists her in locating and securing permanent housing, who connects her to partners, programs, and services, and who ensures that her needs such as food, clothing, child care, transportation, and supplies are met. From life advancement programming, women receive education in safety planning, career and professional development, self care, financial literacy, and other areas of learning to help them to rebuild their lives after abuse. At least 26 clients were served through the life advancement program between july 2024-june 2025. 3. Aftercare - for up to two years after clients transition out of the safe house and into safe, permanent housing, clients in the aftercare program continue to receive life advancement programming and counseling. Due to this continued care model, bethany house sees a rate of more than 95% of women who do not return to abusive relationships. Aftercare services were provided to 16 clients between july 2024-june 2025.4. Community support program - the community support program offers individual and group counseling and life advancement programming to members of the community at large who have been or are currently being impacted by domestic violence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.7%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 32
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th 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; 76th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.7% of revenue deployed · 32.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $272K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.