Dante House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680425256
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Ross, CA, USA
Phone
4154545310
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Low-Income & Subsidized Rental Housing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,852
Expenses
$87,495
Assets
$419,506
Liabilities
$406,502

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Erickson (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Cheryl White (Co-Exec Directr): $196,286 total reported compensation
  • Chuck Greene (Co-Exec Directr): $170,024 total reported compensation
  • Stephanie Gravelle (CFO): $124,527 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

DANTE HOUSE IS HOME FOR SIX INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY THE CEDARS OF MARIN, which BEGAN in Ross, California as a privately owned school of special needs children in 1919, and currently serves adults with developmental disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

All of the Dante House residents enjoy going on group excursions in the house van, attending movies, dances, Monday Night Bowling, participating in Special Olympics, and attending parties, picnics, and drumming circles with other friends.Particularly favorite activities include watching motorcycles be put through their paces by local neighbors, appreciating the panoramic views of our Bay Area vistas, and going to beaches and special events from San Francisco to Berkeley to Sonoma.Everyone at Dante House is encouraged to be friendly and supportive to his peers. All six of the residents have a sense of humor and there is a lot of good-natured teasing among the residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.79; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $196K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.