Halfway House Committee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362819968
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Robbins, IL, USA
Phone
7083711969
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Homes

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,536,412
Expenses
$1,589,339
Assets
$287,655
Liabilities
$116,719

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESTER HARRIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • EMMA J ROGERS (PRESIDENT AND CLINICAL ADMIN)

Highest reported compensation

  • LESTER HARRIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $100,373 total reported compensation
  • EMMA J ROGERS (PRESIDENT AND CLINICAL ADMIN): $84,829 total reported compensation
  • TANYA M ROGERS BUSCH (PROGRAM MANAGER): $82,246 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sadie waterford provides a safe and nurting halfway house to teenage girls

What it reported doing in 2013

Charitable

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $287.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 3 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $102K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 28 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D other liabilities reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.