Camberwell Grief Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843179952
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Louisville, KY, USA
Phone
5028886037
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$380,472
Expenses
$396,808
Assets
$1,300,276
Liabilities
$957,514

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELLY PARRISH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KELLY PARRISH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $56,273 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Nature promotes healing. Community inspires courage. Transformation through grief is possible. Camberwell grief sanctuary exists to help you believe life can be beautiful again in the aftermath of loss.

What it reported doing in 2024

Grief therapy, support groups, mentoring - group meetings to discuss the struggles accompanying grief/loss; offering support in a compassionate and understanding environment; providing tools and resources needed to support anyone moving through grief; one on one sessions offering individual guidance and support with licensed, certified therapists and counselors or peer-to-peer facilitators.grief massage - specialized form of gentle massage that utilizes therapeutic presence, touch, and felt-safety to support grievers. Trauma sensitive yoga and pilates - specialized from of yoga and pilates for the healing and benefit to survivors of complex trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.4%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 57.8%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -4.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.4% of revenue deployed · 57.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $229K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.