Butterflys Haven Formerly Known as Treehouse Impact Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861587005
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Phone
3108071351
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,116,973
Expenses
$1,772,346
Assets
$11,576,957
Liabilities
$2,975,617

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRITTANY WALKER (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRITTANY WALKER (CEO): $154,052 total reported compensation
  • CHERYL BONACCI (BOARD MEMBER): $74,508 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Butterfly's haven is building a continuum of comunity-focused housing and services within a holistic healing ecosystem. Our mission is anchored in our belief that dignified housing is a fundamental human right, and that human issues are best solved through community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our flagship program, butterfly's haven lasalle has provided safe, stable housing and supportive services for transition aged youth and young children who have experienced or at-risk of experiencing homelessness. Our model includes transitional housing with robust supportive services including counseling, personal growth workshops, family reunification, childcare and workforce development centered on a pathway permanent / permanent supportive housing opportunities for sustainable independence. Our approach is the continuum of readily available, economically accessible housing, leverages the power of community across the entire continuum of healing.additionally, the organization launched a new program, wings of justice, funded by amity foundation. Wings of justice is butterfly's haven's rapid rehousing program for justice impacted individuals in la county. Recognizing that most people returning from incarceration are not yet housing ready, the program sorts applicants into four pathway buckets at intake:1. Ready to house: housed in 30 to 60 days with up to $2,000 move in assistance and a 12 month tapered subsidy.2. Working toward housing: resolves barriers over 3 to 6 months, then houses.3. Working toward eligibility: a 6 to 9 month runway to build employment and savings before housing.4. Ineligible at this time: warm referral with an open invitation to reapply.wraparound services, weekly life coach check ins, and one year aftercare support stable reintegration and reduced recidivism

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - 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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 10.3%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 64.9%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 84.1%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.53; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 52% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 93.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 95.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 10.3% of revenue deployed · 64.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $154K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $586K reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.