Preble Street

What it reported doing in 2024

Elena's way - a low-barrier, 24-hour emergency shelter for up to 40 clients, with staff and services on site, targeting individuals who have been previously unsheltered or cannot access other area shelters. Logan place - northern new england's first "housing first" permanent supportive housing program; logan place provides efficiency apartments and 24/365 support for 30 formerly homeless tenants who are developing skills to maintain independent housing. It offers community space for group and recreational activities and on-site laundry. Housing support staff assist tenants with developing and enhancing life skills and building community, and making referrals for case management, healthcare, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, employment, and legal assistance. Huston commons - in partnership with avesta housing, provides 24/365 permanent supportive "housing first" efficiency apartments for 30 formerly chronically homeless adults with multiple disabilities and challenges who are developing skills to maintain independent housing. It offers community space and laundry and includes a medical care room to accommodate practitioners and telemedicine, as well as on-site staff who provide referrals for case management and facilitate access to healthcare, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, employment, and legal assistance. Anti-trafficking services - comprehensive and collaborative client-centered service coordination and support for survivors of human trafficking, including sex and labor trafficking. Ats focuses on identifying survivors, intervention, training providers, providing outreach and emergency services, case management and interdisciplinary service planning, and promoting individual and systemic justice. Anti-trafficking services empowers clients to understand they have choices and access to services, support, and information that facilitate healing and growth. Health services - the health services program is embedded within the Maine health-ps learning collaborative, a free drop-in medical space created to offer Maine health medical students, residents, and fellows an opportunity to learn best practices for working with people experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in a patient-centered, non-stigmatizing setting. Health services collaborates with greater portland health on a samhsa grant, providing case management to gph patients receiving medication assisted treatment for substance use. Health services also operates an outreach room within the learning collaborative which provides harm reduction supplies, referral services, and basic needs, primarily for the unsheltered community. Recuperative care - rcp is a 15-bed, post-acute care facility for people experiencing homelessness who cannot recover from an illness or injury on the street or in a shelter but do not require hospital-level care. With 24 hours of on-site medical care provided by greater portland health and casework and support services provided by preble street, the rcp provides an opportunity for individuals who lack stable housing to recover in a safe environment while accessing needed medical care and other supportive services. Community advocacy - preble street advocacy programs advance social and economic justice through outreach, education, and engagement in public policy discussions throughout Maine in order to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to improve their well-being. Homeless voices for justice: works with, and for, people who struggle with homelessness, poverty, and oppression to educate its constituency and the wider community on issues affecting people who struggle with homelessness and poverty; advocates on an individual and systems basis for change that improves social conditions; and registers people to vote. Maine hunger initiative: created to meet immediate food needs, offset food supply shortages, and develop long-term solutions to hunger in one of

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $33.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings