Family Emergency Shelter Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943029991
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Hayward, CA, USA
Phone
5108815921
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,232,661
Expenses
$1,311,796
Assets
$2,440,442
Liabilities
$2,008,991

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BOB PEPPLER (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • GAY MCDANIEL (Executive Dir.): $100,271 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See Schedule O

What it reported doing in 2017

During FY 2016 -2017 31 families (49 adults/72 Children) were served through FESCO's Linkages Rapid re-housing Program. While in the program and for six months afterwards families were provided with an array of supportive services. One hundred percent of families (121/121 individuals) served through Linkages sustained their housing after completing the program. Of the 15 adults who completed the program 93% had earned income.Another 60 families (176 indivduals) were served through FESCO's Homeless Prevention & Aftercare services. Services included counseling, food boxes, housing assistance, transportive vouchers and donation programs such as our Back-To-School Backpack Drive.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.7%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 58.8%; rating input score 59
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -6.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.7% of revenue deployed · 58.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $772K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.