Power House Sober Living
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824614218
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Inglewood, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3235350830
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,014,490
- Expenses
- $194,156
- Assets
- $1,751,435
- Liabilities
- $6,635
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephanie Caldwell (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Paul Jones (Executive Dir.): $65,809 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Power House supports individuals in recovery by providing safe, drug- and alcohol-free housing and a nurturing sober community as each person rebuilds and reclaims their lives.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, Power House experienced transformative growth and momentum. We hosted our first fundraising event in the spring. The evening of comedy and philanthropy was a tremendous success, surpassing our $100,000 goal through generous community support. With these gifts, Power House was able to hire two full-time staff members, recruit new Board of Director Members and Strategic Advisors, and officially join the Sober Living Network. Power House also hosted a dynamic Think Tank event with key supporters and advisors to strategize a sustainable future for the organization. Power House strengthened its operational resilience by increasing insurance coverage, and implementing vital internal systems including an electronic shared drive, automatic invoicing, and payroll. Power House external communications improved with the launch of regular newsletters and a new, fully upgraded website.Enhanced governance and increased transparency were prioritized in 2024. The Board approved a comprehensive three-year strategic plan and adopted several essential policies, procedures, and protocols. Power House earned a Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, formerly Guidestar. Financial stewardship and oversight were further reinforced with Power Houses contracts with a professional bookkeeper and a Certified Public Accountant specializing in nonprofit management.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.9%; rating input score 8
- Program expense ratio: 68.6%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $57.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th 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: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th 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: NotApplicable
- 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: 90.4%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.02; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 33.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 44.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 7.9% of revenue deployed · 68.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $66K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.