St Vincents House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741384864
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Galveston, TX, USA
Phone
4097638521
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,024,253
Expenses
$7,023,936
Assets
$1,082,694
Liabilities
$302,220

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA LUCAS RUTHERFORD (President)
  • DOUG MATTHEWS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ELAINE CULVER (Director)
  • JOHN SPEICH (Treasurer)
  • VIVIAN HERNANDEZ (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

Service agency providing comprehensive social services and community outreach programs for the entire family. St. Vincent's house serves the disadvantaged, underserved and working poor population of the greater galveston community with essential programs and services to enhance their mental, physical and spiritual well being.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2021, we served over 46,000 duplicated individuals and over 28,000 duplicated households at St. Vincents House. Over the last year, we learned the need for care continues to rise in Galveston County. The overall care our clients receive has been proven even more essential since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March of 2020 and Winter Storm Uri devastated the island further in February 2021. We have seen a dramatic rise in clients with especially complex physical, mental, and social issues whose needs have been left insufficiently addressed. SVH is blessed to have been able to establish an Integrated Care Team in collaboration with UTMB and Family Service Center, expanding all services provided in order to most effectively meet the increased demand of needs in our community.From 2020 to 2021, there has been a 171% increase in the amount of food distributed to those in need, including fresh fruits and vegetables grown in our community garden. This last year we distributed over 492,000 pounds of food. At the beginning of the pandemic, our pantry was a small closet only open once a month. Because of your contributions, it has now grown to a daily drive-through pantry stocked with cleaning supplies, diapers, baby food, and anything that will keep our families clean and healthy. We also host a walk-up snack pack distribution for homeless travelers, over 4000 were given. In December alone, we helped bless over 150 children and 50 families with Christmas gifts through your sponsorships.Other expanded services include weekly food delivery for 80 home-bound families, hosting pop-up events for Winter Storm Uri (over 3000 duplicated) and COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics, immigration services, financial literacy classes, transportation, rental and utility assistance, access to the many SVH Hope medical clinics, and much more.This past year St. Vincents House also began a comprehensive Strategic Planning Process that includes a Master Facility Plan. Currently we are limited by our facilitys spatial capacity prohibiting us from future growth in programs and services.Anyone can experience a situation in which they might need the help of others. Unexpected life events can be devastating. Setbacks such as an accident, job or benefit loss in this turbulent economy can cause food insecurity, a lack of stable, safe housing, and homelessness for those already struggling to make ends meet. We are incredibly thankful for the generosity of supporters like you who continue to give HOPE to our most vulnerable families in times of crisis and get them back on their feet.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • 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: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.