Ywca of Greater Portland

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930386984
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032947400
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,073,512
Expenses
$6,340,701
Assets
$4,837,067
Liabilities
$964,314

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEATHER HOELL (INTERIM CEO/ED THROUGH 07/2024)
  • ALIX SANCHEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STARTING 01/2025)

Highest reported compensation

  • HEATHER HOELL (INTERIM CEO/ED THROUGH 07/2024): $94,666 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 eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Domestic violence services: ywca's domestic violence advocates provide services throughout 7 programs varying from crisis advocacy to housing advocacy. We serve survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or sex trafficking as a critical component of the community's continuum of care, advocates are embedded in public housing complexes, homeless camps, the gateway center, and other locations throughout the community to ensure immediate, responsive access to confidential advocacy and housing services. Our navigators are stationed at the gateway center to provide access to restraining orders, resource navigation and referrals to dsv programs. (continuted on sch. O)our mobile crisis advocates meet survivors where they are at to provide short term support and referrals to dsv programs. Our diversion program diverts pressure on the region's emergency shelter system by helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to obtain and/or maintain safe, stable housing for themselves and their families. The inreach teams are stationed at shelters, day sites, and encampments serving homeless survivors in multnomah county with advocacy and housing access. Communities of restoration and healing (corh): ywca's supportive corh housing provides survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault the ability to lease extremely affordable rooms at three homes throughout metro portland for as long as they need to heal from trauma and rebuild their lives. This innovative program uses a shared housing model and includes wrap-around support, provided by certified peer case managers, for survivors and their children. We have 2 additional corh homes that we operate as part of our hud housing program providing transitional housing to survivors and their children til they are ready to move into their own permanent housing unit. Support is provided for up to 24months in total. Our final hud program provides housing to single survivors for up to 24 months. In total 1041 survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or sex trafficking served. 563 survivors were supported with obtaining or maintaining housing. Ywca therapy: ywca's licensed clinical social worker and msw interns provide free therapy to individuals and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. In total 606 therapy sessions provided to survivors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
  • 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: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 10 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $138K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.