Los Angeles Mission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953134049
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2136291227
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,790,934
Expenses
$22,786,892
Assets
$34,878,510
Liabilities
$7,197,813

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TROY VAUGHN (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TROY VAUGHN (PRESIDENT/CEO): $259,382 total reported compensation
  • JAMES PHILLIPS (CFO): $152,880 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE TRINH (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $137,427 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

What it reported doing in 2022

The mission operates rehabilitation and recovery programs for homeless and needy men, many of whom struggle with drug and/or alcohol addiction and mental health issues. The intensive six and twelve month programs focus on the holistic rehabilitation of the spirit, mind and body. The programs seek to teach participants how to break the cycle of self-destruction. Participants learn not only not to rely on drugs and alcohol, bad behaviors and other destructive behaviors so common to their experiences. During the year ended june 30, 2023 the mission provided 85,063 meals, 40,384 nights of shelter and showers and 70,782 pieces of clothing to persons in programs. Each program resident participates in the urban training institute (uti). The uti program provides courses in life skills, bible and christian world view, academics and vocational training. With the assistance of the los angeles unified school district's adult division, the uti assists participants in earning their high school equivalency test (hiset). The mission also provides career development and job search assistance services to program participants alumni and the general public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • 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; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 23rd 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.6% of revenue deployed · 61.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $259K · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.3M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.