Star Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920071466
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone
9072767279
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,993,004
Expenses
$2,060,433
Assets
$2,200,661
Liabilities
$147,154

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARRY WILSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEELEY OLSON (EXECUTIVE DI): $126,556 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Prevent sexual trauma and provide comprehensive, collaborative crisis intervention, advocacy, and support to victims/survivors, their families, and our communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Direct services: the organization provides support services for survivors of sexual trauma, such as: immediate crisis intervention, advocacy and medical accompaniment, individual crisis counseling and support groups, and information and referral services. Star responded to 439 on scene crisis responses, including with the anchorage sexual assault response team and local emergency rooms. Legal advocacy: the organization provides survivors of sexual trauma with information about their legal rights and personal support. The organization provides survivors accompaniment to meetings with law enforcement, prosecution and criminal court proceedings. The organization can help survivors access civil legal assistance through referrals to networks of pro bono attorneys. Star's advocates provided 504 individuals with 14,108 individual advocacy services in the year. Trauma therapy: the organization employed trauma therapists to provide cognitive behavioral therapy, emdr (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and brainspotting to help survivors cope and thrive after experiencing sexual trauma. Star provided 978 free trauma therapy sessions to 79 individuals during the year. Statewide sexual assault crisis line: the organization operates the 24-hour statewide sexual assault crisis line. Star provided crisis intervention and support to 2,992 callers during the year. Volunteer coordination: the organization benefits from dedicated community service members who volunteer for the agency in a variety of capacities. The organization's board of directors is a volunteer board. Volunteers help with fundraising and events. 46 community members have completed background checks and an intensive 40+ hour training to work as crisis line responders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 76.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.