Friends Hospice Project of Philadelphia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201519017
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2009
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2159256848
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$230,117
Expenses
$258,627
Assets
$59,016

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary mission of friends hospice is to provide hospice services to anyone who needs such care in the communities of philadelphia, the city of chester and surrounding areas. Friends hospice's outreach particularly targets traditionally underserved communities, including minority and ethnic communities and people with special needs, including the homeless, mentally and physically disabled and other disenfranchised individuals. Other activities of friends hospice include providing community education and advocacy concerning end-of-life care and increasing access to hospice services.

What it reported doing in 2009

Community Education: Development of community educational programs about quality end-of-life care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $181K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.