Blessing House
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300130029
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Elyria, OH, USA
- Phone
- 4402401851
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,347,499
- Expenses
- $1,387,160
- Assets
- $4,660,246
- Liabilities
- $498,571
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BARBARA EIFEL (PRESIDENT)
- SR MARY BERIGAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SR MARY BERIGAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $60,000 total reported compensation
- DONNA HUMPHREY (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $15,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Blessing house serves as a safety net for children of families in crisis by providing a temporary safe home for children and support for their families
What it reported doing in 2024
See schedule oblessing house is a faith-based non-denominational organization that provides residential care for children, 0-12 years old, when their families are experiencing an emergency and they need a safe place for their children to stay. Families receive support services to address their families situation including case management, advocacy and information referrals. Services are provided at no cost. Our families are dealing with homelessness, housing, mental and physical health issues, domestic violence, substance abuse and legal issues. We collaborate with others to provide support to families who have children at risk of abuse and neglect. We provide family support services both onsite and in home for our famiies as they struggle with basic needs, health issues, isolation, academic challenges and the lack of social and economic resources. For the year, we provided onsite residential care for 161 children from 87 families. In addition, we provided in kind support and information and referrals to families needing help. A total of 855 individuals received support through blessing house.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st 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: 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: -2.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.36; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.