Joppa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270216625
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5152885699
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,490,168
Expenses
$2,406,236
Assets
$3,580,566
Liabilities
$3,931,377

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE STEVENS (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • JACKI STEVENS (VICE PRESIDENT & THRIFTMART CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOE STEVENS (PRESIDENT & CEO): $155,867 total reported compensation
  • JACKI STEVENS (VICE PRESIDENT & THRIFTMART CEO): $85,250 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Homeless services, housing, education, and thrift stores to help homeless people survive and find housing, and ultimately to help end homelessness. See schedule o

What it reported doing in 2024

Homeless services: each week, trained joppa volunteers visit families and individuals living under bridges, in tents, and in vehicles. We build relationships; provide food, water, and other essential survival items; and connect people with existing resources. During winters, joppa provides heater systems, insulated boots, winter gear, and tents, and our heat teams make weekly fuel deliveries to help people survive the brutally cold weather. Joppa also offers usps mailing addresses and mail deliveries, a homeless nutrition program, transportation, job development, and housing assistance.joppa operates a homeless resource center, serving approx. 8,000 homeless visitors annually. The center offers essential resources, supplies, and referrals to help individuals survive, secure housing, and successfully transition into permanent homes.joppa has helped more than 800 people off the streets, over 80% of whom remain off the streets today. We do this by engaging the community to give their time, talents, and resources. We work together to help people access resources, including working with existing housing agencies, social service agencies, private landlords, and property owners to connect clients with housing options, and we fill gaps in homelessness services, housing and educationwe maintain relationships after clients transition into permanent housing through our aftercare program. Volunteers make weekly visits to check in and deliver supplies not provided by the snap program, such as personal hygiene items, toilet paper, and laundry detergent. We surround each client with a "circle of friends" to support them as they recover from homelessness and take positive steps in their health, relationships, and personal fulfillment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.1; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $156K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.