State of Safety Action

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832775489
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5033296719
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime, Legal Related N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,032
Expenses
$116,140
Assets
$6,630
Liabilities
$292,803

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HENRY WESSINGER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNA PASSALACQUA (DIRECTOR)
  • TOM O'CONNOR (DIRECTOR)
  • LISA REYNOLDS (CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

State of safety action works to reduce gun violence in Oregon by partnering with stakeholders across Oregon in the development and implementation of effective, evidence-based policies and laws for gun violence prevention.

What it reported doing in 2020

Developed and filed safe storage ballot measure for november 2020 election supported/positioned safe storage for passage in 2020 Oregon legislative sessionpositioned safe storage as priority for Oregon gun violence prevention advocatescreated and then hosted collaborative forum for Oregon gun violence prevention advocates gave and helped organize legislative testimony in support of safe gun storage legislationprovided research and background information on safe gun storage legislation to lawmakers

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -183%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 44.16; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -51.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -90.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -58.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.