Ecumen

Overview

Mission

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support. From our origins in 1862 to present day, our faith-based mission has guided our nonprofit organization’s service to individuals and their families. Sure, a lot has changed over the decades, including a significant increase in the average life expectancy in America. Yet as the nation’s population grows, so does the prominence of isolation and unsafe living conditions for some of our most vulnerable members of society—older adults. Collectively, we can’t afford to let the trend continue. At Ecumen, we’ve pledged to make a difference every day. We’re grateful to the benefactors of Ecumen, whose generosity gives our mission meaningful impact in senior living communities where we serve and in a g.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 96% 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.

• 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 76
• Transparency & Controls: 76
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 31
• Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151.8M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $547K · 30 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
• Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
• Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 38 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: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.