Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010343943
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Portland, ME, USA
- Phone
- 2078281035
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rape Victim Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $876,020
- Expenses
- $996,193
- Assets
- $594,553
- Liabilities
- $229,928
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erin K Flood (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Erin K Flood (Executive Director): $114,138 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 support survivors of sexual violence, their families and friends, and to help eradicate sexual violence in York and Cumberland Counties. The services offered include crisis and support lines, support groups, school, and community-based prevention education, child advocacy, and sexual assault response services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Under the pillars of Intervention, Prevention, and Engagement, SARSSM programs and services were provided to clients in York and Cumberland Counties. SART: Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) provides support, advocacy, information and resources for those impacted by sexual violence, including survivors and their loved ones and the providers who serve them across Cumberland and York Counties. In FYE 2025, staff and volunteer Advocates working the 24-Hour Helpline provided crisis intervention, validating emotional support, and responsive resource referrals and information to survivors and victims. Helpline Advocates provided in-person support on accompaniments with victims to hospitals and medical centers to receive medical care and/or forensic evidence collection. Helpline Advocates provided police department accompaniments when victims chose legal recourse. As part of our Emerge programs, under the pillar of Engagement, Peer Support Groups: provide peer support, connection and learning opportunities for people who have been impacted by sexual violence. Support groups are facilitated by licensed therapists, SARSSM staff, and/or specialized practitioners in trauma. SARSSM offers traditional talk-based groups as well as activity/experiential based groups. Our traditional talk-based groups are often identity based, such as our Men's Support Group, youth groups and groups for incarcerated people. Talk-based groups encourage participants to explore specific issues, embrace aspects of themselves and take positive steps through dialogue with their peers. Our activity/experiential based groups include movement activities, creative explorations, and shared interest activities to promote healing and bonding through shared positive experiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 95% 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.
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: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $824K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.