Samaritan Shelters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141542128
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Cohoes, NY, USA
Phone
5182354961
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$337,028
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE L GANSLE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CLAUDIA ENGELHARDT (EXECUTIVE DIREC): $27,863 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provision of optimum temporary care to an unscreened, multiple need youth population who meet the legal criterion for being detained.

What it reported doing in 2018

Samaritan shelters was formed to fulfill the lawful public and quasi-public objective of custody, maintenance and care of juveniles detained while awaiting disposition by family courts or transfer to other institutions. Samaritan shelters terminated program operations december 31, 2017. During july 2018, management determined that liquidation was imminent. Remaining cash was held to pay liabilities, administrative expenses and unforseen expenses until the dissolution of the agency. During february 2019, a final contribution/distribution was made by the agency to community maternity services, a catholic charities of the diocese of albany not-for-profit organization located in albany, New York. At that time, the agency's bank account was closed.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $310K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $28K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.