The Ford Street Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942767559
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ukiah, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7074621934
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,236,258
- Expenses
- $3,911,212
- Assets
- $11,965,928
- Liabilities
- $2,709,113
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jacqueline Williams (Executive Director)
- Earl Chavez (President)
- Jerry Cardoza (Vice-President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jacqueline Williams (Executive Director): $122,107 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 Ford Street Project provides shelter, housing, substance abuse treatment and employment services to the homeless, addicted, and disabled in Mendocino County.
What it reported doing in 2024
HOUSING PROGRAMS Unity Village provides 12 permanent family housing apartments, with case management to families including those, whom may be transitioning from homelessness, receiving supportive services, low income, recipients of select vouchers and/or private pay. Garden Court provides 10 permanent housing apartments, with case management to individuals/adults including those, whom may be transitioning from homelessness, receiving behavioral health supportive services, low income, recipients of select vouchers and/or private pay. Family Emergency Shelter Families provides a year-round emergency shelter for 10 families, whom are clean and sober, work ready and willing to participate in a vocational program for 20 hours a week to help maintain their living space and grow their skill sets while also actively engaging in supportive services. The purpose of this program is not to only meet the participants immediate need of housing but also grow the participants ability to become more self sufficient.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.1%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- 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: Fail
- 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: 45.9%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.06; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.1% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 10 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $2.5M reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.