Domestic Violence Center of Chester County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 222606511
IRS 990 coverage: 2009–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: West Chester, PA, USA
Phone: 6104313546
Rating: 79
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $3,132,226
Expenses: $3,439,018
Assets: $4,871,147
Liabilities: $568,644

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Dolly Wideman-Scott (Chief Executive Officer)
Yasoda Sharma (PRESIDENT)
MATTHEW J ILLICH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

Dolly Wideman-Scott (Chief Executive Officer): $172,961 total reported compensation
ANGELA ALCARAZ (CFO): $126,848 total reported compensation
SANDRA ROMEO (COOO): $109,037 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 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY IS TO REDUCE domestic violence by supporting survivors and advancing prevention strategies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Housing services: designed to meet basic needs. Dvccc has four housing programs: emergency shelter/safe house; bridge transitional housing; four one-bedroom apartments; phase iv independent living (13 three bedroom townhomes). These programs are designed to give the clients a foundation so they can strengthen their ability to become safe and financially independent, with the goal of steady employment and permanent housing.

Operating model

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 79
Transparency & Controls: 72
Accountability: 96
Sustainability: 31
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
Program expense ratio: 78.8%; rating input score 79
Fundraising efficiency: $10.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: 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: -9.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 78.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 20 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 29 of 31 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 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.
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.