Community Against Sexual Harm

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461498182
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9168562900
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,636,907
Expenses
$1,594,260
Assets
$579,380
Liabilities
$177,408

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SWAN VADEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • STEPHANIE LANDRUM-HALL (PRESIDENT)
  • ALEXIS KLEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SWAN VADEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $94,298 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to assist commercially sexually exploited women through survivor-led peer support and harm reduction and health services, while providing education about the harm inflicted on women and the community.we believe in strengthening women, families, and communities impacted by sexual exploitation.

What it reported doing in 2024

The partnership with the cares foundation, one community health, and harm reduction services conducted 163 HIV tests to support early detection and prevention. Upon first interaction with cash, only 21% of women know their HIV status. Cash's goal is for 100% of clients to know their HIV status.with funding from the department of justice office for victims of crime, cash was able to implement a comprehensive services for survivors program to develop the capacity of cash to provide evidence-based programming to survivors of sex and labor trafficking in the sacramento region. Funding supported creatingoperating standards and protocols for a survivor-led model and created a community of practice to improve the region's ability to identify survivors and develop a crisis response program.the organization's center for women in sacramento, California, offers individual peer mentoring, case management, street outreach, wrap around services, and education to the community about the personal and social consequences of commercial sexual exploitation. In 2024, the center served approximately 545 women during drop-in hours. Cash served 5,533 meals to women and children and distributed 1,394 food boxes. They also facilitated 198 patient visits at the dignity health medical save haven and provided comprehensive case management services for survivors to 104 women. In addition, cash provided empowerment training to 183 women, helping them develop confidence, life skills, and personal growth, and engaged 57 youth in sessions focused on healthy relationships, personal identity, boundary setting, coping skills, and self-care.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $251.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 2.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.