Covenant Place

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311617841
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2022
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
St. Louis, MO, US
Phone
314-432-1610
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Senior Citizens' Housing/Retirement Communities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$595,909
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOAN DENISON (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOAN DENISON (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $242,812 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER SCHMITZ (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (THRU 11/22)): $133,419 total reported compensation
  • NANCY HAWK (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $107,219 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Covenant Place offers a vibrant community with enriched services, supporting residents to continue to live independently for as long as possible.

What it reported doing in 2022

Through june 30, 2019, the organization provided apartment rental housing for senior citizens pursuant to section 221(d)(4) of the national housing act. All residents were moved to a new senior housing building as of june 30, 2019.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $596K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $243K · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.