Interval House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953389113
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seal Beach, CA, USA
Phone
5625949492
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,348,750
Expenses
$10,044,931
Assets
$7,376,957
Liabilities
$862,445

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HARLENE GOODRICH (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • DONNA MELODY (PRESIDENT)
  • CAROL A WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROL A WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $344,327 total reported compensation
  • SREY THYDA DUONG (PROGRAM/DEVELOPMENT DIRECT): $136,444 total reported compensation
  • LEDIYA BELTRAN (HR DIRECTOR): $134,762 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and end this recurring phenomenon. Its goal is to restore a sense of dignity, self-sufficiency and increased independence in women, men, children and their families, enabling them to reclaim their lives and achieve long-term safety and success.

What it reported doing in 2024

Supportive services and outreach since 1979, interval house has successfully provided the community with carefully designed, award-winning support services under a comprehensive continuum of care model aimed at helping victims and their children achieve long-term safety, stability, and self-sufficiency. Interval house's innovative programs have been recognized with over 600 local, regional and national awards, including six presidential awards, seven California governor's awards, and a u.s. Department of justice award, citing interval house as a "model" program to the nation.comprehensive and award-winning domestic violence programs include: multilingual 24-hour crisis hotlines ; 24-hour teen crisis hotlines; community service centers; individual and group counseling programs; comprehensive legal program; emergency response team program; health and wellness program; children's program; "second generation" teen dating violence prevention program; elder abuse program; pioneering multicultural programs; international institute against violence; leadership development program; financial empowerment and career development programs that have successfully helped economically vulnerable individuals move toward financial independence and economic self-sufficiency; and community education and prevention programs. Over the past year, the organization provided safe shelter and emergency housing assistance to over 1,400 people, responded to over 5,000 crisis calls, and reached over 28,000 people through its community education and prevention programs.as the nation's first survivor-led program, all interval house programs and services are provided by a staff that is unique in the nation. Since the opening of the interval house, it has welcomed staff who are former victims, offered them mentoring, training, job opportunities, and constant promotion within the agency, and moved them into the leadership roles they hold today. Most of the interval house's staff have spent the majority of their adult lives at the agency and are now themselves legendary leaders who have been recognized with the nation's top awards in the domestic violence movement. These "graduates" demonstrate, in a heartwarming and inspirational way, how domestic violence survivors can become outstanding educators, advocates and leaders in their communities. This fundamental belief in inclusion was a primary motivation for interval house since it first opened its doors in 1979, and it has been the heart and soul of the program. This unique combination of skills and resources has been key to interval house's extraordinary success in offering award-winning supportive services and outreach 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 70 languages. This unique model earned interval house a top workplace award from workplacedynamics, llp, a leading international research firm on organizational health and employee engagement. Interval house was recognized for its high ranking in several quality factors, including strong leadership, promoting a supportive and inclusive culture, philosophy of training and development from within, and the passion of the unique, inspired staff. Interval house received the top award in leadership for its executive director, and was the highest-ranking nonprofit organization in the small business category, where it was in the highest ranking overall in the entire region.pandemic response and expanded services- the organization greatly expanded its scope of award-winning services during the covid-19 pandemic, lifting the emotional and financial burden for hundreds of families in crisis, and has continued to meet the evolving needs of survivors and those at risk for homelessness as covid-19 shifts from pandemic to endemic. Over the past year, the organization operated its shelter programs at full capacity, strengthening safety and support for victims of domestic violence and their children; secured additional funding to expand best-practice rental assistance progr

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 69% 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.
  • 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $38.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 28th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $344K · 23 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.