Volunteers of America Lewellen Nebraska Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470616126
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017
- Location
- Lewellen, NE, USA
- Phone
- 3087785548
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $586,498
- Expenses
- $598,184
- Assets
- $159,887
- Liabilities
- $-458
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- CHERI FARRIS (SECRETARY)
- SHAUNA ROBERSON (VICE PRESIDE)
- TROY JASNOCH (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Volunteers of america-lewellen, Nebraska is a faith-based organization whose mission is to promote physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual well-being serving children, families and communities.
What it reported doing in 2017
Fostering independence and health of the elderly and persons with disabilities and mental illness through quality affordable housing, health care services and a wide range of community services.
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 81% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $72.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $555K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.