Urban Street Angels

Legal name: Urban Street Angels Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465055513
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
San Diego, CA, United States
Phone
(619) 415-6616
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,540,636
Expenses
$5,429,562
Assets
$1,539,388
Liabilities
$117,917

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC LOVETT-MAERZ (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ERIC LOVETT-MAERZ (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO): $181,550 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN LEDGARD (CFO): $128,100 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE RICH (MANAGER, HR AND OPERATIONS): $111,811 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 end youth homelessness in San Diego, California through supportive housing, peer support, mentorship, mental health counseling, and job training initiatives. Founded in 2012, Urban Street Angels is a San Diego native 501(c)3 attentive to supporting homeless youth through supportive housing, peer support, mentorship, mental health counseling, and job training initiatives, in order to develop a more employable workforce and cultivate personal responsibility. We believe building the lives of any young person requires tremendous care and support—therefore it’s through that care and support we plan to rebuild the bonds of trust and individual confidence necessary to help steward our youth toward a life of stability, away from the streets.

What it reported doing in 2024

Just be u program ("jbu"): in partnership with the county of san diego - behavioral health services ("bhs"), urban street angels operates the jbu program as an innovative supportive housing program for homeless tay in the community. The 15-bed jbu program provides supportive housing and wraparound case management, along with an array of holistic / allied health care services, for tay who have an extended history within the san diego region's acute care and justice-related systems.similar to other programs operated in partnership with the county of san diego - bhs, tay eligible for the jbu program must meet the following essential criteria: individuals between the ages of 18 - 25 years old who are experiencing (or at risk of experiencing) homelessness. Additional eligibility criteria includes: qualifying smi dx, along with a history of recurring use of the region's emergency, acute care systems and/or justice systems. During their up to 120-day stay in the jbu program, tay have access to an array of recuperative, integrative, and holistic wellness services, including acupuncture, chiropractic care, cryotherapy, fitness classes, massage therapy, and nutrition / wellness counseling and support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.