Stop It Now Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043150129
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Northampton, MA, USA
Phone
4135873500
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$397,994
Expenses
$639,371
Assets
$106,090
Liabilities
$1,323,587

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN A GIRELLI PHD (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • TERESA ALAIMO (VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE)
  • SONIA COLON-MORA (VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAMS)
  • KARA PRESTON (VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEPHEN A GIRELLI PHD (PRESIDENT/CEO): $221,538 total reported compensation
  • TERESA ALAIMO (VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE): $163,873 total reported compensation
  • SONIA COLON-MORA (VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAMS): $152,302 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To help end the sexual abuse of children by mobilizing adults, families, and communities to take actions that protect children, especially before they are ever harmed.stop it now! Programming demonstrates that: adults will act to prevent abuse, if they have access to accurate information, practical tools, and non-judgemental support; and communities will mobilize around prevention initiatives that address the complexities of abuse closer to home. Stop it now! Remains the only national organization focused exclusively on helping adults and communities protect children from sexual abuse pefore they are ever harmed- and on getting appropriate help for everyone involved.

What it reported doing in 2024

Now! Collaborates with organizations and communities to customize and deliver our circles of safety curriculum for the purpose of creating environments where children can be free from sexual harm. The goal is to imbed effective prevention policies, practices, and programming in organizations serving children and youth.the helpline service provides training to build capacity in existing helplines to prevent child sexual abuse through increased knowledge and ability to respond to inquiries about child sexual abuse and engage adults around its prevention.now! Provides training and advising services to organizations, coalitions, and community-based programs on strategies, policies and practices for preventing child sexual abuse. As part of strategic partnerships, the organization consults long term with groups that are adapting key elements of our adult-responsibility, community-based program model.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -60.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 12.48; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $556K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.