On Our Own

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
432098872
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7037990020
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fairs

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,566
Expenses
$208,782
Assets
$48,057

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Safe and welcoming environment for mental health consumers and dually diagnosed, including many who afre homeless. On Our Own of Fairfax County operates a drop in center governed and staffed by people who have experienced these conditions.

What it reported doing in 2010

A consumer operated and staffed drop-in center for mental health consumers, including homeless people. The Center is open Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons and evenings, and on weekends. It provides a safe and welcoming place to be, recreation, support, opportunities for education and training, showers, laundry, and meals (supper plus brunch on weekends). The Center increased it monthly number of service units (people who showed up at the center) to over 1000 per month. The van service to the Rt. One corridor enabled many people who could not afford transportation to participate, and the van driver made many connections that were fruitful. Special events supported by people from the community sometimes approached 100 participants in an evening for dinner. Discussion, training, counseling and active support for referral and transport to hospitals and appointments were a regular part of program because the leadership was from the community and active in advocacy. The Center became an advocate for people who were abused by the local homeless shelter. The policy of hiring people from the participants meant that several were able to keep their place in the shelter. Leadership participated in community groups including advocacy for special attention to the need for adequate housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $203K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.