The Sundari Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810652266
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Phone
3056131573
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,229,857
Expenses
$17,526,978
Assets
$18,567,229
Liabilities
$3,678,198

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

Leadership & pay

46 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CONSTANCE COLLINS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BEATRICE GONZALEZ (EMPLOYEE): $130,540 total reported compensation
  • ISABELLA DELL' OCA (EXECUTIVE DI): $130,540 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE PADRO (EMPLOYEE): $115,540 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to improve the lives of homeless women, youth, and children by providing sanctuary, support, education, tools, and resources that empower them to improve the quality of their lives on every level, achieve greater self sufficiency, and build safe, secure lives. If their dreams come true, we enrich our community with the fruit of their potential realized. To support our mission we also advocate on behalf of homeless women, youth, and children to raise awareness of their special needs. The orgnization inspires innovative holistic solutions that truly break the cycle of childhood abuse, domestic violence and homelessness, and advance research and enlightened social policies for greater understanding, social inclusion and resources for homeless women and children. Our vision is that every homeless woman, youth, and child will have the opportunity to heal, learn and grow, build the foundation for a brighter future, and blossom as to who they are truly meant to be.

What it reported doing in 2024

Operation of residential facility and resource center, known as lotus house women's shelter, providing free shelter, holistic support services and access to wide range of community resources for homeless women and children, including: food, clothing, counseling, job readiness training and educational workshops, access to medical and mental health treatment, pre- natal care, birthing and parenting classes, infant supplies, and a host of enrichment activities. The foundation services include: 365,000 nutritious meals served annually 190,000 shelter bed nights annually 525+ women, youth, and children sheltered nightly 300+ newborns who call lotus house their first home and counting 85% successfully exiting the shelter system 16,000+ health care appointments and referrals made annually 250,000+ diapers provided to infants and toddlers annually in 2023, 1,439+ women, youth, and children were sheltered in our facilities. After its initial formation, the foundation concentrated its efforts on providing relief to homeless, poor, distressed and disadvantaged women and children. It established lotus house as a prototype women's resource center and emergency shelter facility.

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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $164.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 66th 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: 8.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 35 of 35 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 46 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.