North County Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Community Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952794253
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Vista, CA, USA
Phone
7607264900
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,913,201
Expenses
$16,264,754
Assets
$6,487,432
Liabilities
$3,215,568

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR PATRICIA PRADO-OLMOS (PRESIDENT)
  • DR DARJENE GRAHAM-PEREZ (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • RICK MARTINEZ (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • LISETTE ISLAS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • LISETTE ISLAS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $300,824 total reported compensation
  • DORA GILBERT (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $176,874 total reported compensation
  • MAJID LAVASANIPOUR (IT DIRECTOR): $159,926 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 build partnerships in north san diego county and deliver services to children, families and individuals that resolve problems, increase skills and nurture self-reliance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Human trafficking prevention & intervention lifeline partners with the san diego county human trafficking task force members and other community partners to provide comprehensive 24-hour response crisis services, ongoing case management and support, and therapeutic services to victims of sex and labour trafficking. Additionally, lifeline provides public awareness education, prevention groups to young people in the region, and training for professionals entering the field of human trafficking.project lifeproject life is an advocacy program that works with victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation of children and labour trafficking. Offers trauma informed services that include victim advocacy, crisis management, safety planning, intensive case management, behavioral health services and trauma specific treatment, peer-led support and emergency housing and residential coordination to men, women and lgbtq-identifying individuals of all ages. Also offers prevention groups and workshops for youth and trainings on human trafficking to raise community awareness and to give community-based providers, first responders, community members the tools they need to identify signs and report.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $301K · 25 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $644K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.