The Refuge of Hope Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264757349
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Belmont, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6179742719
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,365
- Expenses
- $25,183
- Assets
- $7,115
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- MAUREEN E STABIO PHD (Pres/Treasurer)
- M CARTER CORNWALL PHD (Clerk)
- RYAN F ESTEVEZ (Chief Exec Director)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To Provide support and services to individuals with disabilites
What it reported doing in 2014
To provide services and support to individuals with disabilities in order to enable them to enter society with education, confidence, independence and economic sustainablity. To Promote awareness and acceptance of persons with disabilities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.