Crisis Intervention & Advocacy Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421372343
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Adel, IA, USA
Phone
5159934095
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,302,909
Expenses
$2,378,382
Assets
$650,347
Liabilities
$211,162

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY MILLION (PRESIDENT)
  • NICOLE ROMER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHNA SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHNA SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $107,030 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Crisis intervention & advocacy center is an advocacy program designed to respond to victims of domestic abuse, sexual assualt, stalking, dating violence, and homelessness in adair, adams, clarke, dallas, decatur, guthrie, madison, ringgold, taylor, & union counties. The center offers a safe, supportive, non-judgemental environment in which victims/survivors can receive support, explore options, set priorities, and make decisions as they begin their healing journey. The center's philosophy is to empower victims/survivors to claim or take back their right to make their own decisions. This includes the right to remain in their home, receive services that are empathetic and respectful, and the right to determine their own needs. All services provided are free, voluntary, confidential, and available to all without discrimination. All services are available in english and spanish.

What it reported doing in 2024

Victims of crime - crisis intervention & advocacy center (ciac) uses these funds to unite communities in support of sexual abuse and domestic abuse victims in a ten-county service area. Ciac supports victims of homicide and other violent crime in seven of the ten county service area. The funds finance certified advocates to provide direct service to survivors in addition to training and technical assistance provided ongoing to local professionals. Trained advocates provide acute crisis response, long term advocacy and explore healing opportunities for victims, secondary victims, and communities. Through this work the agency raises awareness and increases community capacity to support victims of crime.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
  • 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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $67.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.7%; rating input score 98; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: -3.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.