Sibling Strong

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862655576
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Port Orchard, WA, USA
Phone
3607317268
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$210,277
Expenses
$228,952
Assets
$40,169
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rebekah Bauer (Vice President)
  • Sarah Ridings (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Deborah Kennedy (Director): $72,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Sibling Strong is to reunite brothers and sisters who have Washington ties and who are separated because of foster care and other out-of-home care for camps and events that reinforce their sibling connection, encourage social development, restore hope, give a sense of normalcy, and reduce feelings of isolation.

What it reported doing in 2024

All other programs: SIBLING BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATIONS - Since many separated siblings miss celebrating birthdays and other life events together, a camp-wide birthday party enables them to share a birthday celebration! Campers choose and wrap gifts for their siblings in our birthday shop. An evening at camp is set aside for a birthday party, which includes cake, a gift exchange and more festivities. SIBLING PILLOWS AND QUILTS - Being apart is hard. A reminder that you are in someone's thoughts helps, so brothers and sisters create and exchange pillows or quilts with personal messages of love and encouragement to each other. This provides a take-home keepsake and comfort object for their sibling. Here's how one child expressed her feelings on a pillow. Inspiration Night -We devote an evening designed to reduce isolation, empower youth and provide positive role models. The event features inspirational guest speakers and siblings sharing their stories and messages with other campers. Inspiration Night contributes to each young person's ability to respond to conflict and grief, to improve their self-esteem and to foster hope and healing. LIFE SEMINAR -Campers 14 and above attend the Life Empowerment Seminar. The program is designed to empower older youth to advocate for their rights, and also to give information about post-high school educational and career-path resources. Included is information on many education options, education funding sources and other supports available to help foster youth become successful young adults. SCRAPBOOKS - Each camper receives a scrapbook supplies and photos of their week at camp. Before camp closes, he or she creates a memory album of their experiences and special moments during the week. These mementos include written messages to one another and personal reflections about the week. For so many children in care, this memory album will contain the only photographs they have from their childhood. TRADITIONAL CAMP ACTIVITES - Throughout the week, campers participate in traditional camp activities, including canoeing, horseback riding, swimming, a ropes course, archery and rock-wall climbing. For some, these activities are a first, and what better way to make new memories than doing them with your brother or sister!

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.5%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th 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: 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.5% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $188K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.