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Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770556795
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8059637777
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,611,419
Expenses
$10,874,381
Assets
$4,901,820
Liabilities
$3,075,858

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACQUELINE KURTA (PRESIDENT)
  • DAN ENGEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINE J SCHWARZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTINE J SCHWARZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $213,786 total reported compensation
  • SHANA BURNS (CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $119,213 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 provide counseling, education, shelter and supportive services to low-income, homeless and mentally ill individuals and families.

What it reported doing in 2024

The goal of the life skills parenting education program is to improve the lives of parents and their children by equipping them with important everyday skills. Working through a network of collaborating agencies, we have identified people with great potential who are struggling to break the cycle of poverty. We teach everything from effective communication techniques to parenting and problem solving. We use nationally recognized tests before and after participants complete the program in order to ensure that they have not only learned important skills, but are applying them to the problems they encounter everyday.the supportive services offered at johnson court and veracruz village, housing developments operated by the housing authority of the city of santa barbara include providing support to veterans and other low-income individuals to promote housing retention, community integration, life skills and improved mental health and wellness; providing strength-based case management services; engaging with the veterans and others and meeting with them on a regular basis; assisting veterans and others with abiding by their lease obligations; provide and coordinate on-site wellness activities, instructional, skills-building and social activities; and triaging any emergent situations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 71% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.5%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $121.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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; 66th 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: 6.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.5% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 17 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $235K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.