St Francis Shelter

What it reported doing in 2024

St. Francis Shelter has provided temporary housing for homeless families with children in Marion County and Polk County, Oregon since 1987. St. Francis Shelters purpose is to moves families from the crisis of homelessness into stable, safe, and long-term housing. In fiscal year 2024-25, St. Francis Shelter provided safe, temporary housing and professional case management to 34 families living at St. Francis Shelter, including 51 adults and 57 children. Of those 34 families, 30 families (88%) moved into and remain in safe, permanent housing. Families who come to St. Francis Shelter live in fully furnished, self-contained one- or two-bedroom apartments. During the 2024-25 fiscal year, St. Francis Shelter expanded its program capacity to serve a total of nineteen families in shelter units to better serve the needs of families in our community. Families staying at the shelter are responsible for purchasing their own food and clothing and must demonstrate that they are working towards securing permanent housing and/or employment and are completing any court-ordered treatment and/or classes while they are here. Families must also participate in a mandatory savings program, by which they save (via a trust account) a mutually agreed-upon amount of money each month, which is returned to them when they leave the St. Francis Shelter program. This program element not only builds the habit of saving money each month but allows them to accumulate their deposit for their permanent housing. A savings match is available for up to $500 based on the recommendation of the case manager.As part of the St. Francis Shelter program, Intensive Case Management is provided for each family including financial management, community resource referrals, parenting, and child development as well as employment coaching and assistance with securing permanent housing. Assistance with securing permanent housing includes coaching on presenting to landlords, help assembling housing application packets and support for appealing a rental denial.In addition, St. Francis Shelter maintains a library that is staffed during after-school hours by staff and volunteers who engage the children in arts and crafts projects, read to them, tutor them, and provide a safe environment for them to have kid time.St. Francis Shelter has extensive volunteer support with over 1500 volunteer hours provided annually.A portion of St. Francis Shelters apartment units are set aside as low-income rentals. This provides the opportunity for some shelter clients to transition to self-support; provides much-needed affordable housing to people on limited incomes; and provides rental income for shelter operations.In Fiscal year 2024-25, St. Francis completed upgrades to our campus. All sixteen shelter units have been completed renovated with new appliances, energy efficient cadet heaters, new flooring, bathroom fixtures, and paint. These repairs increase the lifespan of the apartments, increase the safety of families residing in the units, and decrease operating costs per unit allowing St. Francis to provide more services per dollar. We also installed an internet service to provide all families living on campus with high-speed internet. We also did a complete exterior renovation of our building including leveling and increasing the safety of our exterior concrete, weatherproofed our complete exterior, repainted our building, repaved our parking lots, and installed improved fencing to improve the safety of our campus. We have also completed construction on a building containing 5 new 2 bedroom and 1 bath units to serve as low income rentals for families completing our program.St. Francis Shelter is located close to public transit and neighborhood schools, although children living at the shelter can attend either a neighborhood school or the school, they attended prior to becoming homeless.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 20.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.44; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings