Just Compassion of East Washington County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473373831
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Tigard, OR, USA
Phone
5036244666
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,322,608
Expenses
$4,722,570
Assets
$14,987,809
Liabilities
$52,126

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VERNON BAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • VERNON BAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $145,268 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

A community centered response for addressing the needs of homeless individuals by buiding relationships and aspiring towards wholeness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Street outreach: provide comprehensive street outreach efforts that partner with participants to connect them with permanent housing. We identify, engage, and assess idividuals in need of services, refer participants to housing programs, and keep them engaged in services.rapid re-housing: a crisis response program that is focued on quickly resolving the housing crisis of eligible participants. Our case managers assist paticipants with achieving and maintaining health, mental health, and housing stability. They also serve as the central point of contact for services with their participants. Clients in rrh must meet specific requirements set by Washington county.safe parking: provide a safe and supportive, short-term parking space for individuals who are living out of their vehicle. We provide case management to these individuals and refer these participants to housing programs and keep them engaged in services.inclement weather: a low barrier 24-hour shelter that serves homeless adults during severe weather events when the environment poses a threat to the health and safety to those living outside.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.6%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.