Correctional Institutions Chaplaincy of Santa Clara County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942599544
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Milpitas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4085865658
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Inmate Support
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $689,185
- Expenses
- $683,767
- Assets
- $1,050,441
- Liabilities
- $63,688
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Elizabeth Milner (Executive Director and President)
Highest reported compensation
- Elizabeth Milner (Executive Director and President): $103,012 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide for the spiritual needs of incarcerated adults and youth in santa clara county and incarcerated adults in santa cruz county of all faith backgrounds and present the good news of gods love and forgiveness.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization provides multi-faith chaplaincy services to adults and youth incarcerated in Santa Clara County jails. These services include worship services administering sacraments special programming and events during religious holidays and holy days individual mentoring grief counseling Bible studies spiritual writing courses reentry support meditation art therapy and various arts crafts programming. The organization supplies holy texts and spiritual literature in English Spanish and Vietnamese and worship materials such as hijabs prayer rugs medicine bags Sikh head coverings and communion cups. Men in the Re-entry Corrections Program RCP have the opportunity to participate in spiritual writing courses with their writings compiled into booklets. This year groups of incarcerated women also participated in the spiritual writing courses. The Executive Director an ordained minister also provides training to new deputies at the academy. The organization conducts biannual training Going In Staying In, to current and prospective volunteers involved or interested in jail services. The organization also offers trauma-informed ministry training to staff and volunteers throughout the year to enhance their ability to support the individuals they serve.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.1% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $548K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.