Harbor House Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237133986
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5105340165
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$909,670
Expenses
$775,946
Assets
$1,137,038
Liabilities
$177,635

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Kacie Stratton (Exec Director): $102,714 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Harbor House is a Christian community development organization that provides a safe place for opportunities, resources, and relationships to be shared so that all families in Oakland can flourish. Since 1972, Harbor House has faithfully served thousands of families through high quality programs that nurture the heart, soul, mind and body. We offer after-school tutoring and enrichment, summer day camp, leadership development, food and clothing distribution, and spiritual formation opportunities.Harbor House was founded by Olive Freeman, a fourth grade teacher in Oakland who noticed that some of her students lacked basic necessities. Compelled by her faith, Olive responded by gathering food, clothing, and books and handing them out from the trunk of her car. What started out as one woman responding to needs in the community, is now a multi-faceted community development organization offering hope to hundreds of families each year. HARBOR HOUSE IS LOCATED IN THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT OF OAK

What it reported doing in 2024

Other programstutor the tigerstutor the tigers provides a one-on-one volunteer tutor to struggling readers at franklin elementary school every afternoon on the school campus.holiday programsharbor house offers several holiday programs so that low-income families can also celebrate and experience the warmth and cheer of the season. During the weeks of thanksgiving and christmas, harbor house offers families food for a full holiday dinner. The harbor house christmas store is an opportunity for low-income parents to purchase, wrap, and take home new toys and gifts to the children at a greatly reduced price.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - 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: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.5% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $599K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.