Volunteers of America Northern California and Northern Nevada Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946001984
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164423691
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,251,899
Expenses
$35,331,339
Assets
$19,830,883
Liabilities
$9,591,570

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEO MCFARLAND (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEO MCFARLAND (PRESIDENT/CEO): $410,011 total reported compensation
  • AMANI SAWIRES (VP/COO): $276,062 total reported compensation
  • JOEL RUSCO (VP/CFO): $195,256 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Human services agency, recognized as a church, which provides social service within the sacramento northern Nevada areas under a charter from volunteers of america, inc. (national), a national religious not-for-profit corporation.

What it reported doing in 2019

Promoting self-sufficiency - volunteers of america works to promote to self-sufficiency of those who have experienced homelessness, or other personal crisis - including chemical dependency, involvement with the corrections system and unemployment.in the fiscal year ended june 30, 2020, 3,959 clients received temporary assistance as a bridge to long-term housing. In addition to long term housing, more than 6,221 individual clients received direct support/aide through these programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $42.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $410K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.6M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.