Missouri Protection and Advocacy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 431119256
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location: Jefferson City, MO, USA
Phone: 5733534811
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Disabled Persons' Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,369,468
Expenses: $2,636,465
Assets: $358,848
Liabilities: $-574

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Shawn de Loyola (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

Shawn de Loyola (Executive Director): $124,802 total reported compensation
Susan Eckles (Managing Attorney): $106,410 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To protect the rights of individuals with disabilities by providing advocacy, investigation, monitoring, and legal services.

What it reported doing in 2024

PAAT: Assisting individuals with disabilities and their family members, guardians, advocates, and authorized representatives in accessing assistive technology devices and assistive technology services through case management, legal representation, self-advocacy training, and information and referral services. CAP: Provided advocacy or legal services to individuals with disabilities, who are applicants or clients of Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Services for the Blind, and Independent Living Centers. PATBI: Assisting individuals diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and their family members. Services include assistance addressing disability-related violation of rights issues using advocacy, legal services, investigations, and information and referral services. PAVA: Individuals with disabilities are provided advocacy, legal and information & referral services to ensure their full participation in the electoral process. PABSS : Beneficiaries of Social Security are provided advocacy, legal, and information referral services regarding work-related issues. SPBSS: Mo P&A staff conduct monitoring reviews of both individual and organizational Social Security Representative payees, interview and educate both Representative Payee and Beneficiaries about Social Security requirements and the obligations of Representative Payees to ensure Social Security requirements are followed. WIPA: providing work incentive planning and assistance to Beneficiaries of Social Security to encourage Beneficiaries to retain their jobs and returned to work.

Operating model

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 74
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 91
Sustainability: 11
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 86
Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- 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: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -11.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 11 people listed
Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.