Delaware County Victim Assistance Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232011721
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Media, PA, USA
Phone
6105664342
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,360,017
Expenses
$2,046,118
Assets
$1,885,419
Liabilities
$71,065

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINE M TASSONI (PRESIDENT)
  • LORIE FOSBENNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN KISPERT (RETIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN KISPERT (RETIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $108,300 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the organization is to provide comprehensive, direct services to victims of rape and other sexual assaults, to victims of other serious crimes, and to the victims' significant others. A further aim is to increase awareness of the problem of sexual violence and to encourage more compassionate treatment of victims in the relevant systems, by providing education programs to schools, community groups, and professionals in related disciplines.

What it reported doing in 2024

Accompaniment services to victims of sexual violence and other crimes1,187 new victims of crime were served by our agency during the year, plus an additional 2,755 clients whose services continued from the previous year. More than 8,800 discrete services were provided to these 3,870 people. About 30% of clients were minor children. Services included accompaniment through the medical, law enforcement, and criminal justice systems; counseling, referrals to various community resources; financial assistance with housing and other needs; assistance with the state victims compensation program; and ongoing information about the criminal justice process.(continued on schedule o)civil legal representation of crime victims166 clients, all victims of crime referred by direct services staff of the agency, received civil legal representation from in-staff attorneys. Services included assistance with procuring protection from abuse orders, advocating for victims during trials of perpetrators, representation in various family law matters such as child custody and divorce, and guardianship ad litem.rape prevention education1,027 educational programs were presented by the educators and assistant executive director, with assistance of other staff, to classrooms in grades kindergarten-twelfth in every school district in Delaware county, university students and staff, and other community groups. More than 10,000 individuals received instruction in respect for oneself and others, healthy relationships, staying cyber-safe, legal definitions and consequences of different forms of sexual violence, helping others in situations of bullying and harassment, and our own agency services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 85% 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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $338.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: 13.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $108K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.