Senior Advocates of the Desert

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454219977
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Cathedral City, CA, USA
Phone
7602021024
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$107,897
Expenses
$74,191
Assets
$243,235
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher O'Hanlon (President and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • H Douglas Galt (Board Chair and Treasurer)
  • Christopher O'Hanlon (President and Executive Director)
  • Ann E Whittlesey (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Social Work Advocacy on behalf of low-income seniors in the Coachella Valley.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, we helped over 1300 low-income seniors. We helped over 80 clients apply for and obtain Medi-Cal. In addition, we helped clients apply for and obtain In Home Supportive Services (IHSS), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Social Security Retirement, Medicare Parts A, B & D. In addition we assisted clients with Medicare Advantage Plans and Supplemental Plans, Veterans Service Connected Disability Compensation, Veterans Aid & Attendance, CalFresh, discount utilities, and transportation programs, among others. In addition, we assisted clients with Medi-Cal Annual Renewals, SSI reevaluations, creditor disputes, landlord disputes, subsidized senior housing and Section 8 housing vouchers. In addition, we provided $8452 in emergency financial assistance to 60 clients for assistance with rent, utilities and food.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.3%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 69.7%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.3% of revenue deployed · 69.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.