Vogel Alcove
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752133827
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2143688686
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Homeless Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,462,466
- Expenses
- $9,875,560
- Assets
- $10,536,578
- Liabilities
- $7,549,720
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
38 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN CYPULL (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KAREN CYPULL (PRESIDENT & CEO): $365,801 total reported compensation
- JORDAN NEUFELD (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $187,793 total reported compensation
- GREG BRINKLEY (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $134,261 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 help young children and their families prevent and overcome the lasting and traumatic effects of homelessness and poverty.
What it reported doing in 2024
Overview: the mission of vogel is to help young children and their families prevent and overcome the traumatic effects of homelessness and poverty.children served daily - up to 350 childrenchildren served since 1987: more than 18,470children served last fiscal year: 620services: we offer early childhood development services and clinical case management for every family in our care. Specifically: early childhood education services: developmentally appropriate, research-based curriculum and assessment tools; low staff-to-child ratio in a child-centered environment; screenings to check for developmental delays; intervention if delays are found; basic needs: home cooked meals, infant formula, diapers, shoes and clothing; case management: internal mental health program to work with children and families to address any mental health concerns and provide additional community-based care once they leave the alcove; bilingual counseling services in english and spanish; parent education program aimed at increasing parent's knowledge of child development and effective parenting techniques; access to free well-child check-ups, immunizations, treatment, referrals, vision and hearing screenings, and dental care provided in collaboration with parkland hospital's homeless outreach medical services (homes) van and community dental care; on-site nurse who checks the children for illnesses, educates and consults with parents; connections & support aftercare program to assist families with information, referrals and service linkages after they have exited the alcove's childcare services and established housing following a period of homelessness; referrals to community resources such as wic, chip and public housing.
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 99% 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: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 34 of 34 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $366K · 38 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.