Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943154078
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4154014253
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,811,997
Expenses
$7,201,893
Assets
$11,899,221
Liabilities
$1,233,098

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • De Rosa Frank (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mario Paz (Executive Dir.): $187,005 total reported compensation
  • Dominguez Julieta Christian (Deputy Director): $141,636 total reported compensation
  • Cheveres Edward (Director of Youth): $114,233 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Since 1894, Good Samaritan Family Resource Center has helped 1mm1grants' families access needed services, develop self-sufficiency, and participate fully as members of San Francisco community, through its' various programs and supportive services.Good Samaritan has developed an effective two-generation strategy, combining early childhood education, youth development and educational and support programs for parents/caregivers. For children, Good Samaritan operates a Spanish-dual-language preschool, school-based and afterschool programs and a variety of summer camps. Our youth programs focus on literacy, art, chess, computer coding, social-emotional support, mentoring and outdoor learning activities. For adults, Good Samaritan offers referral services, case management, parent support groups and classes to promote family strengthening, healthy behaviors, literacy, economic stability, socio-emotional well-being and English as a new language. All of our programs strengthen participants socia

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth Services: During the 2024-2025 period, Good Samaritan's Youth Services operated two comprehensive afterschool programs in the San Franciscos Bayview/Hunters Point District at Willie Brown Middle School and Calvary Hill Community Church, while continuing to serve as the lead agency for the Beacon Community School at Willier Brown Middle School. Academic support services were provided to student at Everett MS, James Lick MS and Thurgood Marshall High School through individual and small-group tutoring. We also facilitated eight support groups across different schools and implemented a Literacy program in partnership with Mission Education Center, delivering one-on-one and small group literacy interventions in collaboration with the school literacy coach. Aligned with our two generational approach, family engagement remained a core component of our services through family literacy workshops serving 20 parents whose students participate in our literacy sessions at MEC. In addition, we continued our Teen Promotores program that focus on leadership development and builds youth leadership, community awareness, advocacy skills and foundational work readiness. Our summer programming included six camps focus on learning recovery, mental health education, economic assistance, and case management. Collectively these efforts served 846 students and promoted academic success, social emotional development and strong family-school connections.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 69% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $39.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 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: 7.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.