Pregnancy Support Group of Woodland Inc Crisis Pregnancy Hotline

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680070815
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Woodland, CA, USA
Phone
5306616333
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$372,201
Expenses
$380,802
Assets
$102,072
Liabilities
$101,055

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carol Duty (Executive Director)
  • Jesse Martinez (Vice President)
  • Carolyn Nordstrom (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Carol Duty (Executive Director): $50,116 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Spero is a christian faith-based ministry which provides free-of-charge medical educational and support services to empower women faced with unplanned or unsupported pregnancy to carry their pregnancies to term and care for their babies after birth. We do not refer for abortion.

What it reported doing in 2025

Non-medical programs - speros faith-based educational curriculum promotes personal growth healing and self-discipline. Spero utilizes an individualized online curriculum to educate women on pregnancy labor delivery breastfeeding and parenting incorporating a practical spiritual component. Clients earn mommy buck credits during program participation to acquire pregnancy and baby items free of charge. This educational program equips women with confidence and commitment for childbirth and provides practical parenting skills. Spero aims to break the cycle of unhealthy habits and public assistance dependency. More than 1000 education hours were provided during the year. Additionally spero offers non-medical services such as baby clothing diapers formula cribs car seats licensed therapy life coaching doula care lactation counseling and nutrition support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.99; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.1% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $278K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.