Safeplace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911153988
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Olympia, WA, USA
Phone
3607868754
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,967,812
Expenses
$3,719,556
Assets
$3,778,640
Liabilities
$735,707

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BENJAMIN HARPER (PRESIDENT)
  • LEINAALA DEBOER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW SOLOMON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MATTHEW SOLOMON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $121,141 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We strive to put an end to sexual and domestic violence and advocate for personal societal change through crisis intervention and education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided crisis intervention and advocacy services for sexual and domestic violence survivors. Emergency shelter: in 2024, our confidential shelter supported 114 survivors. Our shelter's 24-hour helpline staff also answered 4,628 calls for both domestic violence and sexual assault.housing program: in 2024, our housing program served 60 new households and 127 individuals. We exited 21 households into permanent housing and successfully relocated 19 households.community services: in 2024, our community services (cs) program served 179 drop-in clients. We also served, on average, eight clients per month in our domestic violence support group. Cs advocates accompanied 123 clients to court, and helped to procure 89 protective orders for survivors.sexual assault/prevention: in 2024, our youth and prevention team had 16 high school students attend our speak meetings, where students learned to advocate for their fellow youth and learned about topics such as consent, healthy boundaries, and leadership. Our elementary, middle, and high school relationship squad programs were paused. Our sexual assault program responded to 130 sexual assault emergencies throughout the year. Safeplace advocates met survivors at the hospital to provide advocacy and support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $31.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 6.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.