Sojourn Chaplaincy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873169820
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
6282068918
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$454,931
Expenses
$539,212
Assets
$151,471
Liabilities
$7,305

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Claire Bohman (Executive Director/CEO)
  • Mary Vargas (President & Chairperson)

Highest reported compensation

  • Claire Bohman (Executive Director/CEO): $152,504 total reported compensation
  • John McLean Wolff (Program Director): $24,650 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Sojourn Chaplaincy's mission is to provide multi-faith spiritual care at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital ZSFG and DPH clinics. While staff members are skilled in providing resources for physical, mental, and emotional health, Sojourn Chaplaincy completes the circle by attending to the spiritual, religious, and emotional health needs of ZSFG patients, families, staff, and beyond through our services.

What it reported doing in 2024

In the 2024 fiscal year, Sojourn Chaplaincy delivered multi-faith and nonreligious spiritual and emotional support to thousands of patients and their families during critical junctures at San Francisco General Hospital. Our chaplains, holding Master's-level degrees and extensive clinical training, represent diverse backgrounds and traditions, enabling them to provide comprehensive support across a wide array of clinical settings within the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) system. Through these services, Sojourn Chaplaincy fosters an environment conducive to hope, health, healing, and transformation for vulnerable populations accessing care at the city's only safety net hospital. Furthermore, our organization extends vital support to healthcare professionals across various disciplines who navigate the unique demands of working within this essential institution and Level 1 Trauma Center. In 2024, we had about 2000 patient visits and 3000 staff encounters.

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -18.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $468K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $153K · 6 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.