Liberty House

What it reported doing in 2024

Liberty house is the only children's advocacy center serving marion and polk counties. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, liberty house provided 805 medical exams and 618 forensic interviews for children with concerns of abuse and /or neglect. Furthermore, liberty house performed reviews of case files and photographs of 143 children taken pursuant to karly's law, an Oregon statute which requires photographs to be taken of any child with suspicious injuries discovered during a child abuse investigation.liberty house's hope and wellness program provided trauma-informed counseling to 83 clients. The therapists provided a total of 1,399 individual therapy sessions, 158 family therapy sessions, and 62 mental health assessments. The program also added a new therapist to increase our program capacity. Liberty house provided child abuse prevention education to 1,082 people. Additionally, liberty house commissioned a professional, academic program evaluation of its myworth curriculum, which our staff developed in response to stakeholder requests for ways to empower school-aged students to protect themselves online and via their social media engagement. A team of experienced phd social researchers from the university of Oregon center for childhood safety & wellbeing studied the curriculum and its delivery and determined it was effective and had fidelity to its stated goals.the most notable achievement was that in january 2025 liberty house was notified that we had earned national accreditation by the national children's alliance (www.nationalchildrensalliance.org) the professional organization that oversees over 960 children's advocacy centers throughout the united states. Liberty house worked for several years to attain the level of excellence necessary for this distinction and during the site visit in october 2024, we were told that we were in the top 1% of cacs nationwide in terms of our performance. This was a major highlight.during the fiscal year liberty house saw the departure of some employees who left for various reasons. Liberty house noticed a slowing of clinical referrals during the first 6 months of the fiscal year and convened a committee of board, staff and community members to address the trend. Referrals picked up noticeably during the second 6 months of the fiscal year and have remained strong. Liberty house leadership made strategic decisions to reduce administrative overhead costs by not filling certain positions in order to reduce loss and maximize fiscal stability. Liberty house continues to benefit from the confidence of its primary philanthropic supporters. Longevity in senior staff remains strong.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th 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: Limited
• 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -13.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings