Ruby's Place Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942212241
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Castro Valley, CA, USA
Phone
5105815626
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,219,547
Expenses
$16,785,789
Assets
$10,963,838
Liabilities
$4,407,531

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SOPHORA ACHESON (EXECUTIVE DIR./CO-BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • SRIYAMA GAINEDI (CO-BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • DEBORAH HIMOVITZ (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SOPHORA ACHESON (EXECUTIVE DIR./CO-BOARD PRESIDENT): $302,241 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH HIMOVITZ (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $249,112 total reported compensation
  • POUNEH AZADI (CHIEF OF CLINICAL SERVICES): $202,444 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ruby's place is an innovative nonprofit committed to ending domestic violence, human trafficking, and violent crime through hope, advocacy, and connection.

What it reported doing in 2024

Have a 24-hour crisis line, offer case management, therapy, children's program, and a rental subsidy program and supportive housing program. We have a trauma recovery center to provide clinical services to victims of violent crime. We also offer presentations and training to the community. During fy25, we provided over 6,400 individuals with shelter, counseling, healthcare, and access to other supportive services. More than 14,400 bed nights were provided and over 43,000 meals were provided along with other essential supplies like hygeine products and clothing. We opened a new youth program that provides twelve new beds in the east bay. Our mobile health program provided thousands of individuals with access to medical and mental health support. Over 1,700 clincial sessions were provided. More than 300 families were provided permanent housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.6%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $134.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 7.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.6% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $302K · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.