The Dale House Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841571115
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7194710642
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,771,743
- Expenses
- $2,207,545
- Assets
- $3,208,418
- Liabilities
- $648,519
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERIC LANGE (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ANNE LANGE (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(PART YEAR))
Highest reported compensation
- ANNE LANGE (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(PART YEAR)): $98,998 total reported compensation
- ERIC LANGE (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $45,174 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 dale house project is a rccf (residential child care facility) licensed by the state of Colorado for a maximum of 21 residents from 16 to 20 years of age to provide residential and educational services to at-risk youth and prepare them for independent living.
What it reported doing in 2024
The dale house opened in 1972 as a special project with young life, a para-church outreach to youth. In 2000, the dale house project became a legally separate entity. Our goal is to prepare these at-risk youth for independent living by helping them acquire the necessary skills to become self-supporting, contributing members of society. 118 youth were served this year, with 90% of the youth served between ages 18-21.youth in our housing program receive support to learn how to manage their living situation independently as adults. Over 3,000 days of housing were provided to 22 youth, with an average stay of 4.5 months.youth in our employment program receive work readiness training in soft skills, time management, emotional regulation and skill building. (continued on schedule o)these lessons take place in work sites that include landscaping, gardening, light woodworking, art therapy, and more. 7,200 hours of work readiness training was provided in the last year.while our residents can be resourceful and have learned to survive, they are often troubled by drug and/or alcohol addictions, temptations to return to gangs, and the helplessness inflicted by victimization. But, they are resilient and their achievements are a great testimony to their courage and determination. Dale house provided over 13,000 hours of treatment services this year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $103.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 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: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.