Save the Storks

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461031815
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Plano, TX, USA
Phone
8666390479
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,880,049
Expenses
$8,388,448
Assets
$4,533,268
Liabilities
$581,433

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DIANE FERRARO (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DIANE FERRARO (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $209,822 total reported compensation
  • JOHN GORE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $182,894 total reported compensation
  • JD DAHLER (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $178,723 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We elevate the standards of care that make motherhood accessible by: 1) providing state of the art mobile medical clinics, 2) supporting high-caliber women's health clinics, 3) empowering local organizations and churches to deliver (continued on schedule o)a robust network of resources, and 4) offering a digital platform with 24-hour resources for women.

What it reported doing in 2025

Church, community, and pregnancy health clinic partnership programsave the storks' church, community, and pregnancy health clinic partnership program equips local leaders and life-affirming clinics to meet the needs of women facing unexpected pregnancies with compassion, clinical excellence, and holistic care. Through our national partner program, we provide pregnancy centers with no-cost access to expert training, medical leadership, and strategic support to strengthen and expand their services. We also offer targeted grants to assist with aaahc accreditation, ultrasound staffing, and overall clinic quality. Our fleet of state-of-the-art mobile medical clinics delivers free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and sti/std testing in a safe, confidential setting (continued on schedule o)meeting women where they are and removing barriers to care. Additionally, our church programs empowered faith communities to become judgment-free spaces of hope, offering practical, emotional, and spiritual support to women, moms, and families. Community engagement initiatives, including our annual innovator's summit and collaborative events, brought together like-minded leaders and organizations to build a culture that celebrates life and ensures equal access to motherhood.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 83.9%; rating input score 84; 29th 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: 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: 5.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.4% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $210K · 13 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.4M reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 46 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 39 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.