Hearts with a Mission

What it reported doing in 2024

Hearts With A Mission (HWAM) serves homeless and at-risk youth, ages 10-17, by providing Emergency Shelter, educational support, mentoring, and transition planning. The youth shelter is a safe and nurturing environment for youth to stabilize, stay in school, resolve conflict, learn new self-management skills, and connect with safe adults. Youth receive guidance and support while developing an exit plan through individual case management. Walk-ins, drop-offs, and referrals are all assessed and screened to identify needs, eligibility, and appropriateness. Our ultimate goal is family reunification or a safe alternative.The mission of the HWAM Transitional Living Program (TLP) is to create a trauma-informed, culturally aware and safe environment for our Transitional Aged Young Adults to utilize their individual strengths to end the cycle of poverty and become pillars of the community.The purpose of our program is to provide opportunity and support services to young adults ages 18-21 years old who have a desire to work towards independence. The HWAM Transitional Living Program will assist residents in preparing themselves for the future workplace, and for being contributing members of society. TLP homes are located in Medford and Grants Pass.Safe Families for Children (SFFC) host home program surrounds families facing a crisis with a caring, compassionate community of volunteers. SFFC is a volunteer-driven, professionally supported framework created to keep children safe and families together. SFFC operates in Jackson, Josephine, Lincoln, Klamath, Douglas and Coos Counties.HWAMs Independent Living Program (ILP) can currently serve 80 youth, at any given time, transitioning out of foster care in Josephine and Jackson Counties. Our approach is to build relationships with youth while teaching essential life skills that prepare them to live on their own, with their own community supports. Youth must be either actively in custody or must have been in the Dept. of Human Services (DHS) custody for a minimum of 180 days after their 14th birthday. Upon acceptance to the program youth will be assigned a Skills Trainer who will then work alongside them to establish a long term plan and set personal goals pertaining to achieving independence.Hearts for Seniors (HFS) is a companion care program for socially isolated seniors here in our community. HFS is to support seniors with their everyday tasks, all while building and fostering relationships. HFS will also help offset a large financial discrepancy that typically keeps seniors from receiving the care they need by offering all services free of charge. This year we served 346 seniors with the help of 311 volunteers.Since inception, HWAM has provided:1,715 youth ages 10-17 with 64,773 nights of safe shelter and 271,182 healthy meals.144 youth adults ages 18-21 with 23,250 nights of safe accommodation and transitional support.Hosted 742 children for a total of 29,018 nights / days in SFFC host homes.Surrounded 665 Families with circles of support through SFFC (parent mentors, family friends, transportation, concrete supports)708 youth ages 14-24 transitioning out of foster care with skills training and transitional support.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $22.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th 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: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings