Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Betty's house family shelter opened in january 2017, and has 32 beds available. Referrals for the family shelter are accepted from calworks and child welfare services. Family shelter residents may stay in the program for up to 6 months with the possibility for an extension on a case-by-case basis. Families work with the case management team to set goals and assess their progress. The family shelter requires residents to: be employed or actively seeking employment; be actively seeking housing; to be attending case management meetings; and to be meeting goals set by the case management team and other agencies. All school-aged children at the family shelter must be attend school. The family shelter prioritizes single fathers, two parent families and families with teenages because they have limited shelter options. On average, the family shelter can house up to 7 families at a time. Betty's house medical respite is a program for single adults experiencing homelessness that have been in the hospital for treatment of an illness or injury. The medical respite program has 10 beds available. Residents enter the medical respite program after being screened at st. Joseph hospital to assess fitness for the program at betty's house. Once approved, the resident is moved from the hospital to betty's house immediately upon discharge. Residents are approved for a 21 day stay in order to recover from the illness or injury they were being treated for at the hospital. The st. Joseph health care transitions team is responsible for the medical care and case management of the respite residents.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings