Some Other Place

What it reported doing in 2024

Emergency services provided food, shelter, utility assistance, housing assistance, medication assistance, clothing, household/other in-kind assistance, special programs assistance, and/or referral assistance. 2,050 families, representing approximately 4,600 individuals, received emergency services (does not include families interviewed and served through Some Other Place special programs). The Some Other Place home delivery meal program currently has approximately 300 homebound individuals on the program based on their needs with approximately 30,650 meals delivered. The Back to School Program served 800 children with new school clothing, supplies & backpacks. Additional children were served with school supplies following the actual BTS distribution. The Thanksgiving store served 420 families with an average of 1,092 persons. The Thanksgiving Day meal provided approximately 350 served on site and 300 meals home delivered by over 110 volunteers and 520 meals prepared and delivered throughout the community. The Nutrition Center served 65,000 meals during the year, both on-site and home-delivered. Henry's Place, which provides a brief respite from the streets for the homeless, received approximately 21,100 visits made throughout the year by homeless individuals. The Giving Tree Christmas program served 2,700 children, 320 home delivered meals, and over 760 nursing home residents. The Christmas Day meal served 175 meals on site and 135 meals were home delivered by volunteers. SOP received (as best as we could keep count) over 4,000 phone calls for assistance in 2024. All of these services are made possible with support from the local community and volunteers.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $149.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -23.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings