Family Promise of Orange County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270660182
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Phone
7147490366
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,572,018
Expenses
$1,799,218
Assets
$4,954,961
Liabilities
$1,195,738

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHY THREADGILL (PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE HICKMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRYAN LAKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 8/22/25))
  • ELIZABETH SALDANA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/17/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • BRYAN LAKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 8/22/25)): $117,659 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW NISHIMOTO (INTERIM ED (8/25 -11/17)): $75,000 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH SALDANA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/17/25)): $15,908 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide emergency shelter, hospitality, and services to homeless families, helping to eliminate their homelessness and place each family in a home of their own in about two months.

What it reported doing in 2025

Family supportive services - fpoc offers various supportive services to help families who are either at imminent risk of homelessness or experiencing homelessness and are not enrolled in another program at family promise of orange county. Services include laundry, shower, access to basic needs, food, housing navigation, case management, and community workshops. During 2025, the organization provided services for an additional 200 families beyond those served in the three other programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.