San Antonio Independent Living Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742376083
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2102811878
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,597,404
- Expenses
- $1,784,405
- Assets
- $571,487
- Liabilities
- $181,345
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KITTY L BRIETZKE JD (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHARLES VILLARREAL (CFO): $132,895 total reported compensation
- KITTY L BRIETZKE JD (CEO): $132,213 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advocate for the rights and empowerment of the people with disabilities and to provide needed services to people with disabilities in order to increase their self-determination and independence.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sails received a contract/funding through Texas health and human services commission and provided consumers with significant disabilities with complex rehabilitation technology such as wheelchairs, prosthetics and orthotics, hearing AIDS, visual AIDS, vehicle modificaitons and home modifications and many assessments and evaluations. Sails changed the lives of persons with disabilities by providing devices and services that enabled them to live a fuller and more independent life in their communities. The goal is to prevent persons with disabilities from being institutionalized in a nursing facility.sails mission as a nonprofit organization is to advocate for the rights and empowerment of the people wiht disabilities and to provide needed services to people with disabilities in order to increase their self-determination and independence. Sails contract/funding for basis independent living services under the Texas health and human services commission (txhhsc) provides the core advocacy services, independent living skills, peer support, and information and referrals for persons who have significant disabilities and reside in bexar county and 27 surrounding counties. Under the basic contract sails staff also hold monthly support group meetings with cummunity presenters who bring important resources to them
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 97% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- 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: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 83
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 15th 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: -11.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.