Sheltering Wings Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330989835
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Blythe, CA, USA
Phone
7609223130
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,247
Expenses
$41,081
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jill Bays (President)
  • Geary Hund (Vice President)
  • Nancy Doherty (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Nancy Doherty (Executive Director): $3,600 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide services and advocay, which creates choice and opportunities for adults with disabilities to reach their maximum potential.

What it reported doing in 2025

Supported EmploymentProvides individualized training and support services to enable clients to work independently and achieve and maintain their maximum potential in integrated employment settings of their choice. During the current fiscal year the organization has added new enclaves and multiple new job sites. Day ProgramProvides assistance to clients in developing and maintaining vocational and social skills. The organization has recently upgraded its facilities and added many daily life skills to the program. The Day Program provides the opportunity for clients to participate in adaptive PE and computer classes at the local college on a weekly basis. Thrift StoreA thrift store is operated to provide employment opportunities and job training for the supported employment program. The Thrift Store is well established and provides a great need for the community. The Thrift Store provides employment opportunities for clients.

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 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -265.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.