Monarch Services-servicios Monarca

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942462783
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Watsonville, CA, USA
Phone
8317224532
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,334,458
Expenses
$4,537,304
Assets
$3,982,367
Liabilities
$778,790

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEEANN LUNA (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEEANN LUNA (CEO): $173,433 total reported compensation
  • CATHRYN MCCORMIC (COO): $149,688 total reported compensation
  • MARIA BARRANCO (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $123,392 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Monarch works to end violence and abuse in the community by empowering individuals, families, and the community through a range of culturally specific services, information, and education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Monarch services is dedicated to breaking the cycles of violence and abuse in our community by empowering individuals, families, and communities through culturally tailored services, education, and support. Our programs work together to provide immediate and ongoing support to individuals experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Available 24/7, our trained staff respond to emergencies at any time of the day or night, offering immediate services such as safety planning, emergency shelter placement, and accompaniment to domestic violence medical exams and sexual assault forensic exams.(continued on schedule o)in addition to addressing urgent needs, we offer a wide reange of services designed to support long-term healing including peer counseling, comprehensive case management, therapy, support groups, advocacy, and referrals. All services are free of charge and bilingual to ensure accessibility for everyone in our community. As a central hub, our crisis intervention program connects clients to a variety of in-house resources, such as the legal program, shelter program, housing first, child and youth program, and therapy services. We also work closely with a network of community partners to ensure seamless transition, connecting clients to external services and creating a comprehensive, wrap-around support system. We believe in supporting every member of the family to break the cycle of violence. Our positive solutions program specifically focuses on individuals who have caused harm, offering them the opportunity to change their behavior and contribute to the healing of families. At monarch services, we are committed to ending intergenerational cycles of violence by providing holistic support for both survivors and those who have caused harm, ensuring everyone receives the resources they need to heal and grow.

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 91% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 19 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.