Circles of Comfort
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271507590
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8015319100
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $806
- Expenses
- $4,840
- Assets
- $11,151
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID JONES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- VICKIE WALKER (FOUNDER & EX)
- DAVID JONES (PRESIDENT)
- LANA AMES (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Circle the wagons is a Utah based non-profit organization that provides survivors of violent crime, their family members and their friends with information and resources to help them recover from the trauma of their experience. Circle the wagons founder vickie walker launched the organization to support people who are in the unfortunate position of having to cope in the aftermath of a violent crime without adequate support and information. Vickies first hand experience began when her husband jeff was killed during the trolley square rampage on february 12, 2007 in salt lake city, Utah at the trolley square mall. Her son, a.j., 16-years old at the time, was also shot but miraculously survived. The incredible support of family and friends who circled the wagons around vickie and her family ultimately helped them find the courage to move on after this horrific event. By sharing her experience and knowledge, vickie hopes to help others find the support they need to heal more quickly and fi
What it reported doing in 2022
We continued to offer support and resources to innocent survivors of violent crime but we also expanded our community outreach and programs to also support families who have experienced the trauma of a sudden and unexpected death. We continued to train first responders and community organizations via video conferencing. The number of people who received training in 2021 were approximately 100. In the past ten years circles of comfort has distributed approximately 3,500.00 cans of comfort, trained and/or presented to approximately 1,500+ first responders and community members, as well as maintaining a current list of resources on our website from all 50 states.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 36%; rating input score 36
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -500.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.3; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 36% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.