St Vincent De Paul Society Particular Council of Denver
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 846032037
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3039609163
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $481,926
- Expenses
- $388,404
- Assets
- $359,014
- Liabilities
- $4,122
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELAINE MURPHY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ERIN HICE (FMR EXEC. DI): $56,336 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need.
What it reported doing in 2024
The society of st. Vincent de paul, denver metro council is a non-profit charitable organization that provides a wide range of human services to the poor and suffering. The metro council supports 28 "conferences" with 400 volunteers. Although no act of charity is foreign to the organization, the major programs are the ozanam housing program which provides assistance with rent, mortgage, or section 8 housing payments, the arc card program where "neighbors in need" are given arc cards to purchase clothing and household items, the vehicle repair program that provides financial assistance with vehicle repairs, and access to energy outreach Colorado that provides assistance with utility bills. In addition, our volunteers provide food, transportation, assistance with budgets and finding employment. During the 24-25 fy, we helped 22,000 people and provided 2,468,224 in funds received through individual donations, grants, fundraisers, events, and our newsletter.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 71% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $47.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $347K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.