Our Ladys Inn

What it reported doing in 2025

Our Lady's Inn (Agency), a not-for-profit corporation, provides shelter and individualized supportive services for unhoused pregnant women and their children, with a focus on healthy birth outcomes, family wellness and movement toward housing stability. Services include case management, material supports, counseling, life skills education, parenting, employment readiness, mental health, and substance use disorder treatment support as well as peri-natal nursing support. In 2025, OLI provided 12,579 days of care/nights of shelter and on-site services to 94 families. In the 2-year Aftercare Program, an additional 70 families were supported. In December, 57 families benefited from participation in the Our Lady's Inn's Adopt a Family Christmas Program. In 2025, at the St. Louis Inn location, 6,265 nights of shelter/days of care were provided for a total of 50 women and 68 children. 10 babies were born in residence, with an average birth weight 6lbs 4oz and gestational age of 39 weeks. The average length of stay for those families moving from the Inn in 2025 was 85 days. The Inn received 278 unduplicated calls for help from pregnant women. In 2025, at the St. Charles Inn location, 6,314 nights of shelter/days of care were provided to a total of 44 women and 66 children. 13 babies were born in residence with an average birth weight of 6lbs 7oz and gestational age of 38 weeks. The average length of stay for those families moving from the Inn in 2025 was 84 days. The Inn received 129 unduplicated calls for help from pregnant women. Twice Blessed Resale Shop is operated by Our Lady's Inn as a social enterprise, providing a small revenue stream in support of the Inn, but more importantly, offering job training and work experience for those clients of the Inn who wish to participate.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 61.4%; rating input score 61
• Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th 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: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 22nd 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: 18.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings