Society of St. Vincent De Paul, Council of Orange County
Legal name: Council of Orange County Society of St Vincent Depaul
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953033494
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Santa Ana, CA, United States
- Phone
- (714) 542-0448
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $144,696
- Expenses
- $246,476
- Assets
- $1,108,655
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GUY LOWERY (President)
- JOAN GRAMPP (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- GUY LOWERY (President)
- DENNIS JANS (Treasurer)
- JOAN GRAMPP (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (a Catholic lay organization) brings women and men together to offer person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering—making no distinction in those served because, in them, Vincentians see the face of Christ. Lights On Programsvdptech2026-03-10T00:17:48+00:00 Lights On is a Detention Ministry/Reentry Program to assist individuals who are released from the Orange County Central Jail between the hours of 10:00 PM and 3:00 AM each night. (The standard and scheduled release time.) The program provides a safe and sober location for both men and women and a place to find resources for safe return home. We provide food, drinks, clothing, cell phone usage (to contact family and friends to arrange transportation home) and limited bus transportation for those who have no other resource. The program also attempts to...
What it reported doing in 2024
Assistance to the poor and needy in our surrounding communities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 0th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -70.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.5; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 49.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -24.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $225K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 19 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.