Violence Free Futures Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310992401
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Xenia, OH, USA
Phone
9373768526
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,705,624
Expenses
$2,062,267
Assets
$3,074,588
Liabilities
$158,779

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR SHIRELLE APPLIN (PRESIDENT)
  • TINA MARKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CELESTE HURLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DEBORAH MATHESON (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CELESTE HURLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $62,546 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH MATHESON (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $61,640 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We work to end family, domestic, and sexual violence and its impact in greene county through prevention, intervention, collarborative community programs, and safe housing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Intervention: the intervention staff are trained to address crisis and trauma of their domestic or sexual violence experience. Through intervention, we provide 24/7 crisis helpline, clinical counseling, case management, emergency hospital response, and the domestic intervention for violence response team (divert). Vff takes a holistic approach to ending violence by conducting therapeutic and educational counseling sessions through a batterer's intervention program called domestic violence intervention program, (dvip) for adults. In 2024, counseling sessions were able to be offered both virtually and in person. The total of supportive services and counseling offered throughout 2024 is 10,953 services to 4,010 individuals.

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.
  • 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: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $61.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 23.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 14 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $611K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.