Deaf Overcoming Violence Through Empowerment - D O V E
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841535138
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3038317932
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Deaf/Hearing Impaired Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $709,588
- Expenses
- $627,149
- Assets
- $413,325
- Liabilities
- $9,454
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RACHEL BLAKE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SABRINA ROULT (EXECUTIVE DI): $90,208 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dove's mission is supporting Colorado deaf survivors' healing journey.
What it reported doing in 2024
2024 dove key accomplishments: - provided individual advocacy and support services to over 70 deaf, deafblind, deafdisabled, and hard of hearing (ddbddhh) victims/survivors of abuse - have staff member who lives in loveland to provide direct advocacy services in the area - created and released eleven educational videos in american sign language (asl) that are captioned/transcribed in english - recruited and screened 8 new volunteers to support dove with community events and behind the scenes responsibilities for the organization - hosted 16 support groups for our community of victims and survivors including therapy groups in collaboration with national deaf therapy. - received 20,000from kong through the denver foundation - hosted 3 community events - set up 10 educational booths during community events throughout 2024 - provided educational and cultural considerations training to 22 communit organizations - participated in 6 education panels - facilitated 6 youth advocacy prevention (yap) workshops in schools - collaborated with aspen camp for the deaf and hard of hearing to provide workshops, activities, and emotional support during the womenfs snowshoein retreat - through the support of the domestic violence program flex fund assistance, dove was able to contribute more than 48,000 to directly supporting clients with emergency needs such as emergency lodging, rental assistance, food assistance, relocation, utilities assistance, legal costs, and much more.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.2%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.2% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $541K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.