Safe Family Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010838125
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Chehalis, WA, USA
Phone
3607409150
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$227,986
Expenses
$176,175
Assets
$1,270,776
Liabilities
$492,081

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Kevin Brown (Executive Dir.): $57,600 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Transitional housing and lifestyle training for women and women with children suffering from drug or alcohol addiction and/or domestic violence.

What it reported doing in 2016

During 2016, thirty-six (36) women and thirteen (13) children received services. These services include physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and financial counseling. In addition, the program requires that all outstanding legal issues be addressed including those related to family court, warrents, fines, jail time, electronic monitoring and other court ordered sanctions. Many of our residents have regained custody of their children, satisfied all of their legal requirements with criminal and family court and are currently employed. Three residents who completed the program in 2016 are currently taking college courses, and four have committed to volunteer service with Safe Family Ministries since completing the program. Also in 2016, Safe Family Ministries gained a volunteer Program Director.In 2017, we have welcomed a new staff member who will help with community outreach and volunteer coordination.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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

STRONG - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $144.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.21; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $163K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $58K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.