St Joseph Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953874381
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Venice, CA, USA
Phone
3103966468
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,600,163
Expenses
$60,007,028
Assets
$36,164,369
Liabilities
$14,797,490

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR RYAN J SMITH (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • DANIEL BRAUN END 225 (VICE PRESIDENT COMPLIANCE & SYSTEM DESIGN)
  • KEITH ANYON (VICE PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION)
  • TZENNI BAH B GARCIA (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE)
  • MANDY K SOMMERS (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM)
  • MAIA EAGLIN (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR RYAN J SMITH (PRESIDENT & CEO): $290,115 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL BRAUN END 225 (VICE PRESIDENT COMPLIANCE & SYSTEM DESIGN): $224,390 total reported compensation
  • KEITH ANYON (VICE PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION): $171,065 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide working poor families, as well as homeless men, women, and children of all ages with the inner resources and tools to become productive, stable and self-supporting members of the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach and engagement includes the sjc homeless service center (hsc) in venice, one of only two access centers to serve the westside's estimated 6,000+ homeless men and women; outreach teams throughout los angeles county, such as the vehicular homeless outreach program team (vhop) who help families and individuals who are living out of cars, vans, and rvs; bread and roses cafe which prepares more than 150 meals a day for people experiencing homelessness; and the bread and roses pantry (formerly the sjc food pantry) helping more than 4,732 working poor families each week by providing groceries free of cost. St. Joseph center had 22,861 visits to the food pantry and served 46,755 meals at its cafe. Additionally, st. Joseph center contacted 3,431 clients through street outreach and engaged a total of 4,160 clients through its various engagement progams.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $50.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $290K · 32 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.