Full Life Care

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911095588
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2062243741
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,823,096
Expenses
$25,558,375
Assets
$10,463,352
Liabilities
$15,581,931

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TORSTEN HIRCHE (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • DAVID RICHART (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TORSTEN HIRCHE (PRESIDENT & CEO): $1,214,260 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL CONNELL (TREASURER & CFO): $661,388 total reported compensation
  • DAVID RICHART (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $184,373 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Full life care is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for frail elders with chronic or terminal illnesses and disabilities. Full life care respects the dignity of participants and provides for them with care and compassion. Full life care is committed, through programs of health and social services, to the independence and well-being of all participants and providing respite for caregivers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Home care services - full life care provided in-home care services to hundreds of clients with over 350 home care aides. This service allows the client to remain in their home for as long as possible and avoid institutional care or the risk of homelessness.adult day services - full life care provided adult day health care to over 875 frail elders and adults with disabilities at 3 locations in king and snohomish counties. Services included skilled nursing, rehabilitative therapy, and social programs which helped persons with chronic health conditions such as stroke, dementia, acquired brain injury, and development disabilities avoid life in a nursing home or other institutional setting. These adult day health programs provided respite to hundreds of family care givers.housing supports - ongoing supports to help people find and keep stable, independent housing. Services include: housing assessments, identifying housing resources, support obtaining a lease, independent living skills development, landlord relations, and crisis management. Elder friends - volunteer-based program providing companionship and advocacy for isolated older adults. Rooted in life's simple pleasures: friendship, laughter and good food.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 89
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 21st 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.49; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 19 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.