Mz Shirliz Transitional
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271103255
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6502188256
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Temporary Housing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $149,737
- Expenses
- $151,278
- Assets
- $3,814
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JORDAN JUROW (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SHIRLEY LAMARR (BOARD MEMBER/PROGRAM DIREC): $29,520 total reported compensation
- ANN BALDETTA (BOARD MEMBER/ADMINISTRATIO): $17,280 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We strengthen communities by improving the lives of these individuals and showing them there is a better way to live and the importance of giving back to the communities they live in. Along with this, we focus on reducing recidivism by assisting these individuals in changing their criminal thinking through education and a purpose in life.
What it reported doing in 2024
Ab 109 funded housing and services: this program provides housing for the homeless, previously incarcerated and people with co-occurring issues and addictions that require treatment. This program provides short- te r m housing, cognitive behavioral therapy, restorative justice groups and one-on-one counselling to cover life skills and daily issues. We also provide outside referrals to other agencies based on the person's needs. There are weekly house meetings and groups on-site. In the fiscal year ending 2025 we served 15 people in this program.continuum of care: this program serves the same target population people who have already completed primary treatment and need ongoing aftercare components. The continuum of care serves all areas of populations including graduates of mz shirliz, and people that need services in maintaining their sobriety and independent living and who have contacted us for help. We provide long- term support through check-ins, life skill support and referrals to monthly meetings and other services that will enhance the person's well-being. In the fiscal year ending 2025 we served at least 100 people within the continuum of care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $113K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.