St Francis Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954479271
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2137475347
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,809,246
- Expenses
- $5,893,929
- Assets
- $7,060,293
- Liabilities
- $2,513,839
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jasmine Bravo (Executive Director (off 01/2025))
- Elizabeth MacAller (Executive Director (off 07/25))
- Damian Kabot (Executive Director (current))
Highest reported compensation
- Danielle Rayner (Assistant Director (off 07/25)): $89,888 total reported compensation
- Jasmine Bravo (Executive Director (off 01/2025)): $81,660 total reported compensation
- Elizabeth MacAller (Executive Director (off 07/25)): $25,638 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
For the performance of charitable acts and service to the less fortunate.
What it reported doing in 2024
SFC benefits the extremely low-income families and individuals living in the neighborhoods surrounding SFC near downtown Los Angeles. Our pantry program is available four days a week through walk-up or drive-through which allowed us to continue safely serving our community in need. Traditionally, the Pantry Service has served parents, children, individuals, seniors, veterans, and disabled members of the South Park, Garment District, Pico Union and North University Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles. SFCs goal is to continue to meet the increased need for food in our community for as long as necessary through our served meal program, on-site pantry, satellite and pop-up pantry programs across LA, and by delivering our pantry directly to vulnerable guests through our partnership with Doordash. We aim to facilitate healthy living by directing our guests to available resources. This includes case management and resources that can assist with health and human service needs, which in turn will reduce stress and increase awareness of available opportunities. Achieving these objectives will lead to less homelessness and a greater likelihood for families and individuals to improve their situation and well-being. We distributed 10,755 articles of clothing to families in our pantry program, and provided diapers to 1,447 children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.