The Settlement Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741200133
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5128362150
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,202,924
Expenses
$8,501,753
Assets
$5,831,799
Liabilities
$724,438

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHY BUCHANAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • KIMBERLY LOMBARD (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY SHEEHAN (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • DARCIE DESHAZO GRAHAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DARCIE DESHAZO GRAHAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $163,118 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA MCKAY (SENIOR CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $120,365 total reported compensation
  • LUCINDA CASSIDY (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $120,320 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 promote healing and growth in children, young adults and families by providing a continuum of care and resources. We build a foundation for children to develop self-efficacy and the materials needed to restore permanent well-being.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our general residential operation includes residential treatment care and transitional living services. Our residential programs serve girls ages 11-21 in a structured home-like setting with 24-hour therapeutic support. We have a houseparent model, which provides consistency of care and healing through trusting relationships. Each home is supported by a licensed therapist who is responsible for each child's treatment plan. All residents have access to individual, family and group therapy. Our transitional living program provides efficiency apartments for women 18-21. They receive case management, therapy and independent living skills training. All former residents are eligible for aftercare services to increase self-sufficiency as well as educational and professional success.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -3.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.6% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $163K · 28 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.