Self Protection Awareness (Spa)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161684427
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Newport News, VA, USA
Phone
7575933531
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,559
Expenses
$7,197
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PEARLIE ANN JETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • HELENA WATSON (CHAIRPERSON)
  • CHARMONIA DEANGELA ODOM (VICE CHAIRPERSON)
  • CAROLYN GRAY-JONES (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help empower others to improve their quality of life. Spa services are provided to families/individuals who are experiencing homelessness, income deficits, living in poverty, and/or experiencing hardships due to covid-19, or HIV/AIDS/sti's. To provide awareness, education prevention, resources, and services for families/individuals infected with HIV/AIDS/sti's or families, relatives, and the general public affected by HIV/AIDS/sti's. To reduce infection rates.in addition to the above, advocacy is a vital part of spa services. Individuals in crisis can be too overwhelmed to think through their options. Spa's advocacy services help to empower others to navigate: service provider systems, provide linkages to gain access to much needed resources, and provide a voice for those who are unable to advocate for themselves. Spa provides consultant services, education services, technical assistance and training to the general public for schools, universities, faith based groups, community

What it reported doing in 2022

Homeless outreach: spa's greatest strengths continue to be our vigorous commitment, ability, and dedicated activism to help empower others to improve their quality life. Spa's volunteers and spa/hoct members are committed to doing good work for pressing urgent need of others. Spa provided the following: bottles of hand sanitizer to homeless individuals, bottles of water (16.9 oz. Bottles), climate smart long thermal underwear to spa/hoct targeted populations (homeless and other identified individuals). In addition to the above, spa provided hygiene backpacks, food, socks, and hrt tickets for bus transportation, blankets, shoes, clothes, coats, hats, gloves, and other much needed items.an estimated eighty-five percent of spa's permanent housed clients continue to maintain their housing (no longer sleeping in cars, doorways, city wooded areas, etc. Spa's advocates and mentor services are tailored to the client's needs, which may include helping clients navigate service providers programs to get help with housing to secure funds for deposit, rent, utilities, obtain food, receive medical services, help with transportation for appointments or jobs, access medical services, etc. Spa advocates/mentors help clients think about how to navigate more effectively. Spa provided integrated services through coalition building. Spa is the lead agency for the homeless outreach collaborative team (spa/hoct). Spa/hoct is a spa initiated collaborative of over 50 service providers, organizations, faith based groups, and respected community leaders. Spa provided consultant services, training and technical assistance to local agencies and organizations. Hundreds of individuals participated in spa/hoct/collaborated programs.in-kind donations were $13,040.47 in 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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

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: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -57.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.