Safe Harbour Domestic Violence Shelter Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341599068
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sandusky, OH, USA
Phone
4196217785
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$411,178
Expenses
$361,555
Assets
$807,607
Liabilities
$3,610

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATE CONLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SANDI FOSTER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HAZEL FOLEY (DIRECTOR): $62,195 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Safe harbour will provide each person with alternatives to family violence in an atmosphere of safety, encouragement, and support. Safe harbour will be recognized as a community source for individuals seeking relief from domestic violence by providing shelter, counseling, advocacy, support groups, and community awareness education.

What it reported doing in 2025

Safe harbour domestic violence shelter is a safe and confidential home for women and their dependent children who have experienced violence. Safe harbour and its services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. During 2025 safe harbour domestic violence shelter served people who reside in erie, ottawa and huron counties of Ohio by providing the following services: safe harbour answered 697 crisis calls and 378 first response calls from victims of domestic violence.safe harbour sheltered 16 women and children who were victims of domestic violence.safe harbour provided outreach counseling services to 84 victims of domestic violence.safe harbour provided legal advocacy and support services to 105 victims of domestic violence. 71 women attended support groups during the year.the volunteer program reached over 25,000 people with educational and awareness programs.the dating violence versus healthy relationships program has provided education services to 0 students from 7th through 12th grades.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $57.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $287K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $62K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.