The Center for Safer Communities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020350899
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Claremont, NH, USA
Phone
6035430155
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,753,413
Expenses
$1,525,333
Assets
$5,349,038
Liabilities
$394,462

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PASCALE GRAHAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTINA HILL (PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDA REED (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PASCALE GRAHAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $90,702 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of CSC is to enhance the safety and well-being of victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and stalking through empowerment and advocacy to create a community responsive to all victims and survivors through education, outreach and accountability and to empower the community to establish a safer culture.

What it reported doing in 2024

DIRECT SERVICES- CSC provides direct services that bring about an immediate cessation from abuse, such as emergency shelter and court advocacy in obtaining restraining orders, as well as services that provide support for healing such as peer counseling, support groups and advocacy in accessing additional community services. Services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Services are provided by a very small staff and a significant volunteer task force. Services are provided on an empowerment and advocacy model. We help survivors make their own decisions about their safety and healing by providing safety planning, options for CSC and additional community services, information on abuse, advocacy and accompaniment. Survivors decide which services they want to access. There is no charge for services as most survivors we work with do not have the means to pay for services or could not safely access resources. We work to reduce barriers in accessing services, including transportation, child care and language. Services are provided to adults, teens and children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 13%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.51; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.