Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237361814
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Milwaukie, OR, USA
Phone
5033358202
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voluntarism Promotion
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,496,083
Expenses
$4,242,270
Assets
$4,908,684
Liabilities
$312,266

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREG CARPINELLO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GREG CARPINELLO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $200,990 total reported compensation
  • DAVID HOLCOMB (DIR. OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS): $129,756 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Jesuit volunteer corps (jvc) northwest responds to local community needs in the pacific northwest by placing volunteers who provide value-centered service grounded in the jesuit catholic tradition.

What it reported doing in 2024

Since its beginnings in 1956, over 7,700 individuals have volunteered for at least one year of full-time service as jesuit volunteers through jesuit volunteer corps (jvc) northwest in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana.since 2010, jvc northwest has been a grantee of the national direct americorps program of the corporation for national and community service, enabling most of the organization's jesuit volunteers to also be americorps members. The grant has made it possible for jvc northwest to go where the need is greatest and provide quality service to our partner agencies and their clients. Continued on schedule o. In 2024-2025, 72 jesuit volunteers (of whom 69 are also americorps members) committed their lives to serve full-time in social service, health, and environmental programs, schools, and change-agent organizations. They reside in communities of four to eight jesuit volunteers and strive to live out the values of community, simple living, social and ecological justice, and spirituality. To date, over 7,700 jesuit volunteers have served through jvc northwest.in january of 2012, jvc northwest launched the jesuit volunteer encorps (jv encorps) program in portland, Oregon. Jv encorps (jve) is a program engaging people ages 50 and older in a transforming experience of part-time volunteer service, community-building, and spiritual growth.during the 2024-2025 program year, a total of 94 jve's convened in seven different groups, as follows: portland (two groups) and bend, Oregon; seattle, tacoma, spokane, and vancouver, Washington.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 5.6%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $201K · 16 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.