Effingham County Victim Witness Assistance Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582000633
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Springfield, GA, USA
Phone
9127547460
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$133,641
Expenses
$121,714
Assets
$70,735
Liabilities
$59,400

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • FRAN ROSS (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • KATIE MCGRORY BROWN (SECRETARY)
  • BETH HILLIS (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of evwap is to provide assistance including referrals, advocacy and support to victims and witnesses of personal injury crimes in order to lessen the trauma of their victimization and empower them to become survivors.

What it reported doing in 2021

To provide assistance including referrals, advocacy and support to victims and witnesses of personal injury crimes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 74.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $90K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2021
  • 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.

Key Signals

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  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.