Sojourner Fund for Women and Children Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161170113
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Rochester, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5854367100
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,076,029
- Expenses
- $16,281
- Assets
- $3,010,294
- Liabilities
- $4,097
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- CORA CONKLIN (CHAIR)
- JENNIFER ARBORE (VICE-CHAIR & TREASURER)
- MARY KATHRYN DAPPEN (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sojourner fund for women and children, inc. Is a not-for-profit organization, which provides temporary housing and support services for women and children in rochester, New York. The women and children historically stayed in a facility owned by the organization. The facility was sold in 2021 and the services are now contracted through (and provided by) the ywca. The residents were provided supportive services in educational, civic, and social areas for the development of women. The primary goals include improvement of the economic, mental, moral and independent status of women. The organization obtains its support directly and indirectly from individuals, organizations, and government agencies in the community.in july 2023 the ywca became the sole member of the organization.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sojourner provides several programs including support services principally to move women towards self-sufficiency and into permanent housing. Sojourner previously provided transitional, permanent and supportive housing in the rochester area. Sojourner does not provide housing any longer. For the long-term objective, sojourner has signedan agreement that transferred its existing programs and assets to the young women's christian association of rochester and monroe county in the hopes of running the programs with greater administrative efficiency as well as serving more clients. The young women's christian association of rochester and monroe county also provides housing.the housing and services provide shelter, structure, and case management services to homeless women, and homeless women with children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 95
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 23.2%; rating input score 23
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 98.5%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 184.9; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 23.2% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.