Caravilla Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352381232
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Janesville, WI, USA
Phone
6087414500
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing

Reported finances

Revenue
$558,178
Expenses
$416,874
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRYAN MARKS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JULY))
  • JOEL GALVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM OCTOBER))
  • DENISE DAVIDSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOEL GALVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM OCTOBER)): $95,015 total reported compensation
  • BRYAN MARKS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JULY)): $90,858 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Caravilla, inc. Provides services to adults, including veterans, re-entering the community or in need of transitional residential services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Caravilla, inc. Provides quality, cost-effective housing for adults, including veterans re-entering the community or in need of transitional residential services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $355K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.