Desert Mission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860096941
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
4805875113
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,819,071
Expenses
$12,739,351
Assets
$8,897,020
Liabilities
$6,906,583

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TODD LAPORTE (DIRECTOR/CEO, HONORHEALTH)

Highest reported compensation

  • TODD LAPORTE (DIRECTOR/CEO, HONORHEALTH): $4,422,352 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH FARHART (Assistant Sec/HONORHEALTH VP & Assoc Gen Counsel): $537,771 total reported compensation
  • DEREK A HAMPSHIRE (Assistant Treasurer/HonorHealth VP Treasury): $416,485 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To help each person entrusted in our care to enjoy the fullest gift of health possible, and to help build a community where a helping hand is available for our most vulnerable members.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adult day healthcare - desert mission, inc.'s adult day healthcare senior enrichment program provides a coordinated program of professional and compassionate services for adults in a community-based group setting. Services are designed to provide social, including intergenerational activities with the children attending the lincoln learning center, and some health services to adults who need supervised care in a safe place outside the home during the day. Adult day healthcare: many members of our community provide care for their senior family members. To support these families, desert mission, inc. Offers adult day healthcare, a place where seniors can spend the day in a setting that's friendly, dignified and stimulating while caregivers enjoy a break from their responsibilities. The professional staff at adult day healthcare welcomes seniors into an active environment that includes health monitoring by a registered nurse. Seniors enjoy activities both on and off site. Caregivers also are offered social services and counseling to help them in their role. 63 seniors attended adult day healthcare in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.7% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $11.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4.4M · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 8 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.