Justice for Sierah

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822045852
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Sylvania, OH, USA
Phone
4193675454
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,523
Expenses
$114,922
Assets
$594,602
Liabilities
$11,767

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TARA ICE (PRESIDENT)
  • BAILEY LANGENDERFER (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA ROBBINS (Executive Dir.): $46,333 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Justice for sierah's mission is to empower communities through self-defense, advocacy, and support to prevent violence and protect lives. Our vision is for young people to grow, learn, and thrive in safe, supportive communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The "sierah strong" self-awareness & defense program is provided to the community free of charge. The organization teaches young people ages 6 - 16 how to defend themselves in dangerous situations & provides laminated kidprint ids that feature the child's photo, fingerprint & vital statistics to help find a missing child.almost 900 young people have been taught valuable skills thru the sierah strong program since its inception in 2019.due to the success of the sierah strong community program, the "sierah strong for the schools" program has been developed to bring self-awareness & defense training into schools.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.2%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 21%; rating input score 21
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.17; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.2% of revenue deployed · 21% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.