Milagro House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232954000
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lancaster, PA, USA
Phone
7175091401
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$965,188
Expenses
$881,133
Assets
$4,242,174
Liabilities
$14,439

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREG KILE (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH LESSER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTINA DUNCAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTINA DUNCAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $122,491 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Milagro house's mission is to provide educational programming, housing and life-skills training for women and their children who would otherwise be experiencing homelessness. While women are enrolled in our program, they receive a scaffolding of support to help them on their journey to long-term sustainability. These supports include family advocacy, counseling, life-skills programming (budgeting, parenting, nutrition, etc.), workforce development and career preparedness.women living at milagro house with their children are either working on completing their high school education through our high school equivalency program, or are enrolled in a post-secondary program of study at a local college or certification program. Women who graduate from our core program are also supported for an additional year through our beyond milagro house program.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational programming: milagro house removes the barriers to education women in poverty face. Women in the program are working toward their high school equivalency (hse) degree and/or a post-secondary degree or credential.workforce development/career preparedness: milagro house provides women with opportunities to explore careers, job shadow and develop the skills necessary to complete a successful job search (interview skills, researching employers, building a professional network, etc.). By pairing our educational programming with workforce development programming, women are well prepared to secure a job that sustains themselves and their children over the long term. Beyond milagro house: women who graduate from milagro house's core program are provided with resources and support for one year after they move with their children from milagro house to their first apartment. Women meet with milagro house staff monthly (more if necessary) to track their progress and address small challenges before they become larger issues. This program also provides milagro house with important data to track our organizational impact over the long-term.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.2%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 3rd 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; 63rd 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: 8.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.81; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.2% of revenue deployed · 59.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $526K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.