Society of St. Vincent De Paul Diocesan Council of San Diego
Legal name: St Vincent De Paul Diocesan Council of San Diego
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237149789
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, United States
- Phone
- 6199169680
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $959,052
- Expenses
- $735,014
- Assets
- $683,191
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lali Chan (President)
People named in this filing
- Lali Chan (President)
- Sandra Watson (First Vice Pres)
- Joanne McBride (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
Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are men and women who strive to grow spiritually by offering service to individuals in need. Our members come from all walks of life, but all of us are blessed with an awareness that our blessings (time, talent or treasure) are to be shared with our brothers and sisters in need. Vincentian’s in the United States helps some 12 million persons annually. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers assistance to those in need. It is this personalized involvement that makes the work of the Society unique. This aid may take the form of consultation or through direct dollar or in-kind service. In some cases the client may be referred to an out.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Society of St Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization that leads men and women to join together to grow spiritually by offering person to person service to the needy and suffering. Organized locally, the San Diego Council of Vincentians bear witness to God's love by embracing all works of charity and justice. The Society collaborates with other peoples of goodwill in relieving need and addressing its causes, making no distinction in those served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 80
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 23.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $735K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.