Interfaith Works

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910947698
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Olympia, WA, USA
Phone
3603577224
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,543,483
Expenses
$5,689,270
Assets
$13,016,529
Liabilities
$7,660,903

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARCY LAVIOLLETTE 23-2424-25 (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTA LENSSEN 23-24 24-25 (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LISA GOSIACO 23-24 24-25 (PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • IVY AYERS (INTERIM EXEC DIR/DIR OF ADMIN): $100,908 total reported compensation
  • TI'ERI LINO (DIR OF HOMELESS SERVICES): $96,740 total reported compensation
  • MEG MARTIN (EXEC DIR/DIR OF INTEGRATIVE SER): $91,789 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Social justice and peace through interfaith understanding and cooperation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Navigation team - outreach, advocacy, guest support the navigation team, a sub program of homeless services, is made up of certified peer support workers and provides a continuum of services from outreach and advocacy to dedicated respite beds for people who are homeless and exiting the hospital. The navigation team provides strength-based service connections regarding short term emergent needs like supply distribution and vital document replacement, medical needs, mental health support, substance use treatment connection, and placement into shelters and permanent housing. The navigation team program model is participatory, goal-oriented and open to people in our shelter, or who are living out in the streets or in wooded areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $244.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 16 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $878K reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.