Forensic Health Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933034119
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Augusta, GA, USA
Phone
7067745200
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$893,832
Expenses
$743,261
Assets
$353,782
Liabilities
$36,506

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEE DEE POCCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEE DEE POCCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,474 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our sexual assault center, guided by empathy, respect, and sensitivity, is committed to supporting survivors on their path to healing, fostering a society free from sexual violence, and ensuring that survivors are believed, supported, and provided with the care they deserve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy programthe advocacy program offers 24/7 crisis intervention, medical and legal accompaniment, safety planning, and ongoing support for survivors of sexual assault. Advocates help survivors navigate medical, legal, and recovery systems with trauma-informed care. (continuous program).achievements in 2024: maintained a 24/7 crisis line, ensuring immediate access to trained advocates. Provided direct services to 543 survivors, delivering a total of 6,422 advocacy services, including hospital accompaniment, law enforcement support, safety planning, and resource referrals. Provided on-site advocate presence at 8 hospitals, with advocates present for 97% of forensic medical exams. Continued outreach and professional training, strengthening partnerships with law enforcement, medical providers, and community resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 66% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 137.1% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 71.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $659K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.