Sexual Assault Services Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742531585
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Durango, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9702593074
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $622,008
- Expenses
- $629,775
- Assets
- $477,199
- Liabilities
- $15,122
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MOLLY B WIESER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA E LATIMER (EXECUTIVE DI): $74,813 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Saso is dedicated to providing advocacy to victims of sexual assault and providing education and prevention programs aimed at increasing public awareness and safety, in an anti-oppression framework.
What it reported doing in 2025
Victim services: saso hotline and follow-up services assist victims of sexual assault in the long process of recovery from a traumatic violence crime. These services often are the first and perhaps most important steps towards reducing the trauma of a sexual assault. The support and assistance provided by trained volunteer advocates and saso staff include: 25- hour crisis intervention and counseling; medical advocacy during forensic nurse examinations (fne); advocacy during law enforcement interviews and court proceedings; free support groups and financial assistance for individual therapy and emergency needs; and referrals to community support agencies. ------------ see schedule o for more details -------------
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 81% 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: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $55.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
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; 64th 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: NotApplicable
- 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: -1.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $506K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.