Safe Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260102131
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 8665697233
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,313,442
- Expenses
- $3,194,686
- Assets
- $5,496,699
- Liabilities
- $256,455
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES HADDAD (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLIE TEBELE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- IKE DWECK (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- IKE DWECK (CEO): $429,315 total reported compensation
- ULZHAN YESHENGAZINA (DIRECTOR MEND CLINIC): $147,289 total reported compensation
- JESSICA STEINMETZ (DIRECTOR NY CLINIC): $126,177 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The safe foundation, inc. Was founded in 2003 to assist individuals who are experiencing difficulties with substance use and problem gambling disorders in a confidential outpatient setting. Safe is a brooklyn-based outpatient treatment program that is licensed by the New York state office of addiction services and supports (oasas). The mission of safe is to combat the chronic disease of addiction with holistic, evidence-based treatment options that meet the needs of clients and their significant others, and to be leaders in community-based prevention education and awareness initiatives.
What it reported doing in 2024
Safe clinic is a licensed nys oasas outpatient 822 program. Any client or family member who comes to safe is assured of a confidential and safe environment to heal. We provide individual and group counseling along with treatment by a medical doctor.safe served 209 clients in 2024, had 2809 individual visits, and 1706 group visits. In addition safe had 260 days of service and 4515 unit of service.
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 96% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.2%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 61.9%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Fail
- 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: 3.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.2% of revenue deployed · 61.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $429K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.