Safely Home Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341786311
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bedford, OH, USA
Phone
4402329310
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,197,543
Expenses
$2,661,549
Assets
$1,689,249
Liabilities
$156,903

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE PURGERT (FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • MATTHEW HUMMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • EMMANUEL GLOVER (BOARD PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GEORGE PURGERT (FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO): $194,963 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW HUMMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $132,866 total reported compensation
  • THERESE PURGERT - FORMER (FORMER BOARD SECRETARY/ADMINISTRATION): $77,722 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to bring healing and growth to children with histories of behavior problems who have experienced emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Our objective is to help each child cope with his past, as well as help him develop life skills, behaviors and strategies which will enable him to be successful in life and able to maintain rewarding relationships with others in his future.our primary goal is the reunification of each child with a family who will offer him a safe and loving home environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

"safely homes" residential treatment facility has blended principles found in "moral family values and the work of other pioneers in the area of offender specific treatment as a foundation for the programming. These values include, but are not limited to, the following principles:1) respect for the lives, bodies, property, and thoughts of self and others;2) morals are developed through focused, purposeful interactions and role-modeling by others;3) unconditional positive regard leads to love, compassion, and understanding; and4) spirituality is essential.when a child is placed at "safely homes", we are entrusted with the responsibility of offering a treatment milieu to that child and their family. In addition, and of equal significance, we are entrusted with a tremendous portion of the parenting of the child while they are under our care. Within this fiscal year, with these principles and practices, we have assisted over 29 children in 15 counties return to the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 8 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • 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: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.