Ericshouse Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821430428
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
8558945658
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$212,826
Expenses
$175,774
Assets
$128,509
Liabilities
$2,590

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIANNE GOUVEIA (Chairman): $39,300 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

EricsHouse Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing integrative grief care to people who have suddenly lost someone they love, with a specialization in suicide and substance-related losses. In a unique approach to postvention, the focus is on the emotional, physical, and spiritual healing for those left behind in the aftermath of these devastating losses. A team of grief specialists, life coaches, spiritual directors, intuitive healers, holistic health practitioners, and health experts help people understand and integrate their grief so that they may once again experience joy and happiness. The mission is to provide integrativeapproaches to healthy healing after a traumatic loss and to promote community education and awareness initiatives.

What it reported doing in 2024

How is grief from suicide or substance loss different from other forms of loss? Suicide grief has been described as one of the most painful experiences an individual ever faces. Shock, anguish, loss, anger, guilt, regret, anxiety, fear, intrusive images, depersonalization, feeling overwhelmed, loneliness, unhappiness, and depression are just some of the feeling states often described. It is not something to be treated, but rather something to be integrated in life in a healthy way. However, if grief is not processed it can result in long-term persistent complicated grief.Suicide and substance loss are both highly stigmatized. The grief comes with many layers and complexities. Loss to suicide or substance use is an epidemic that unfortunately countines to effect many families. The statistics below illustrate the heartbreaking reality of how many people lose their lives to suicide, alcohol, or substance use.The rate of U.S. deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide climbed 11 percent in 2021. While an all-time record, 209,225 Americans lost their lives due to alcohol, drugs or suicide during the year, these deaths continued a two-decade trend of sharply increasing fatalities due to substance misuse and suicide in the U.S.Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people in the U.S. Suicide deaths for adults (35-64) are highest of any segment of the population, accounting for nearly half the total suicides in the US. The suicide rates for youth and young adults (ages 10-24) are also alarming suicide is the second leading cause of death in this segment, and suicide rates for these young people have increased by over 50% since 2000.Since 2018, EricsHouse has provided 5,365 one-on-one and group sessions. We have held 77 peer-led groups supporting individuals from all walks of life with a total of 5,519 sessions. We average 50-60 appointments per week. EricsHouse Support Groups and one-one peer support provide a safety net for our clients we give them hope and we help them see that they are not alone in their journey.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.8%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.4%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.8% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $39K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.