Ransomed Life Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471038949
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2105144384
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$839,454
Expenses
$600,795
Assets
$658,649
Liabilities
$28,092

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARASSA INGLIS (INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • VALINDA MCALISTER (OUTGOING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LORI FANNING (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NADA ISMAIL TAHA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARASSA INGLIS (INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $76,046 total reported compensation
  • VALINDA MCALISTER (OUTGOING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $3,125 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ransomed life vision is to see communities free from child sexual exploitation. We accomplish this by offering services both upstream through prevention education and downstream through client services. Our mission is to prevent child sexual exploitation and (cont. On sch o)

What it reported doing in 2024

Counseling & mentoring: ransomed life provides wrap around trauma-informed counseling and mentoring services to youth and families that are at-risk to sexual exploitation and those that have already been exploited. In 2024, we provided 2,274 trauma-informed services to 152 individuals, including 101 direct counseling and mentoring clients. Of these, 57% were children (017), 23% were transition-age youth (1824), and 20% were adults, primarily guardians. Our clients are predominantly female (80%), though weve seen a 90% increase in male clients due to expanded mentoring services to include males. We also saw a 76% increase in transition-age youth served and a 150% increase in secondary victims (guardians and siblings), reflecting growing community need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% 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 voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.7% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $481K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.