Impacted Survivors of Murder-suicide
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 333093963
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8185880502
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health Disorders
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,124
- Expenses
- $3,371
- Assets
- $17,753
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Vinton (President and CEO)
- Tina Chevalier (Vice President and Secretary)
- Kristina Faulkner (Vice President and CFO/Treasurer)
People named in this filing
- Michael Vinton (President and CEO)
- Tina Chevalier (Vice President and Secretary)
- Kristina Faulkner (Vice President and CFO/Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization provides support, resources, advocacy, and educational programming for individuals and families affected by murder-suicide in order to promote healing, resilience, awareness, and community support.
What it reported doing in 2025
ISMS conducted community outreach and educational programming through participation in the annual Massachusetts suicide prevention conference hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The organization shared survivor-informed education and advocacy related to murder-suicide loss, helping increase awareness, reduce stigma, and connect individuals and professionals with support resources. Program-related participation expenses were reimbursed by the conference host. ISMS additionally facilitated virtual peer support and awareness initiatives serving survivors and community members impacted by murder-suicide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 84%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.27; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.