Safer Foundation
Safer Foundation
571 W JACKSON BLVD
Chicago IL 60661-5701
Chicago IL | IRS ruling year: 1972 | EIN: 36-2762168
EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION AND PLACEMENT FOR PERSONS WITH ARREST AND CONVICTION RECORDS.
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571 W JACKSON BLVD
Chicago IL 60661-5701
Chicago IL | IRS ruling year: 1972 | EIN: 36-2762168
EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION AND PLACEMENT FOR PERSONS WITH ARREST AND CONVICTION RECORDS.
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This charity's score is 85%, earning it a Three-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.
This overall score is calculated entirely from a single beacon score: 100% Accountability & Finance. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.
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The IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofits' annual tax filings (Forms 990). As a result, the Accountability & Finance score for Safer Foundation is outdated and the overall rating may not be representative of its current operations. Please check with the charity directly for any questions you may have.
Safer Foundation has earned a 85% for the Accountability & Finance beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.
This Accountability & Finance score represents IRS Form 990 data up until FY 2020, which is the most recent Form 990 currently available to us.
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Charity Navigator looks for at least 3 board members, with more than 50% of those members identified as independent (not salaried).
The presence of an independent governing body is strongly recommended by many industry professionals to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters.
Source: IRS Form 990
An Audit, Review, or Compilation provides important information about financial accountability and accuracy. Organizations are scored based on their Total Revenue Amount:
Total Revenue Amount | Expectation to Receive Credit |
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$1 million or higher | Expected to complete an audit |
$500,000 - $1 million | Expected to complete an audit, review, or compilation |
Less than $500,000 | No expectation (removed from scoring methodology) |
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy protects the organization and by extension those it serves, when it is considering entering into a transaction that may benefit the private interest of an officer, director and/or key employee of the organization.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990 that the organization has this process in place as an accountability and transparency measure.
An official record of the events that take place during a board meeting ensures that a contemporaneous document exists for future reference.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy establishes guidelines for the handling, backing up, archiving and destruction of documents. These guidelines foster good record keeping procedures that promote data integrity.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy outlines procedures for handling employee complaints, as well as a confidential way for employees to report financial or other types of mismanagement.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency metric.
Nonprofits act in the public trust and reporting publicly on activities is an important component.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent 990). This ratio is an indicator of an organization’s solvency and/or long-term sustainability.
Liabilities to Assets Ratio | Amount of Credit Received |
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Less than 50% | Full Credit |
50% - 59.9% | Partial Credit |
60% or more | No Credit |
Source: IRS Form 990
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three 990s). This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver.
Program Expense Percentage | Amount of Credit Received |
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70% or higher | Full Credit |
60% - 69.9% | Partial Credit |
50% - 59.9% | Zero Points for Program Expense Score |
Below 50% | Zero Points for Both Program Expense AND Liabilities to Assets Scores |
Source: IRS Form 990
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2020
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Activities:
Combat juvenile delinquency (BMF activity code: 328)
Job training, counseling, or assistance (BMF activity code: 566)
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Safer Foundation) or EIN (362762168) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
Safer Foundation cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Safer Foundation reported its three largest programs on its FY 2020 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
Employment services in Illinois and Iowa - programs are designed to prepare people with criminal backgrounds for job opportunities by providing job preparedness, job referral and placement and retenti ... (More)
Employment services in Illinois and Iowa - programs are designed to prepare people with criminal backgrounds for job opportunities by providing job preparedness, job referral and placement and retention services. Clients participating in the job-readiness program receive training in workplace etiquette, how to complete job applications, develop a resume and prepare for job interviews. Mock interviews are conducted during the week-long training. Individual counseling, case management and mentoring as well as group sessions focus on needs assessment and the development of both long and short range employment goals and the steps necessary to achieve those goals. Group sessions focus on a variety of topics including money management, health awareness, careers and life skills improvement. Safer's employment services division provides more than 300 employers with recr0itment assistance, logistic support and education re: tax and bonding incentives. Each year over 5,100 clients are served by Safer's workforce services. More than 3,800 clients secured subsidized and private sector employment. More than ninety-nine percent of clients rated Safer's services as satisfactory or very satisfactory. During FY20, Safer engaged individuals into several funded training programs. Of the 219 enrolled in training programs, 116 completed the credentialed training. 93 individuals or 82% were employed in the industry in which the training prepared them for the industry. SDSC The Safer demand skills collaborative (SDSC) is an employer-driven initiative of public and private partners working to get companies the skilled workers they need to meet in-demand occupations. It is a supply chain strategy that allows Safer to build a pipeline of well-qualified individuals to fill employer gaps based upon labor market information (LMI). Moreover, it allows Safer foundation to bring people with arrest and conviction records into the workforce with career ladder employment and fully into the economic mainstream of society. Our SDSC pathways include: healthcare, advanced manufacturing, logistics, construction, automotive technology, hospitality and information technology. Apprenticeship programs Safer foundation utilizes a variety of strategies to train people with arrest and conviction records for positions that can fuel a companies' growth and success. Our approach to building talent pipelines includes work-based learning programs. Our pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs are designed to bring underrepresented populations into apprenticeship programs in the skilled trades. These programs integrate our proven client services employment model (case management, wrap-around services, Safer skills training (SST) and workforce development) and our basic skills education with industry recognized construction and construction-related curriculum and on-the-job training through our reconstruction technology partners division. Current areas of focus include carpentry, electrical, solar panel installation. Violence reduction programs Safer foundation is a social impact organization. We believe that rebuilding personal economic security through work and meaningful employment is a path to eliminate violence in our communities and rebuild vital and human and social capital. Our work intentionally seeks to engage individuals in positive, affirming, meaningful pathways to economic security, freedom from substance abuse, and other influences that can lead to violence as a by-product of hopelessness and despair. Our violence reduction programs include: in-demand skills training, cognitive behavioral interventions, substance abuse treatment, transitional jobs employment, and case management. We partner with a diverse set of partners to carry out this work. Representative collaborations include: hospitals, university research centers, occupational training partners, community and faith-based institutions and governmental entities (criminal justice system, city and county government, etc.). (Less)
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
BASIC SKILLS/EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA - SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS TO IMPROVE BASIC EDUCATION SUCH AS READING, WRITING AND MATH. UPGRADING THESE SKILLS LEADS TO IMPROVED JOB OPPORTUNI ... (More)
BASIC SKILLS/EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA - SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS TO IMPROVE BASIC EDUCATION SUCH AS READING, WRITING AND MATH. UPGRADING THESE SKILLS LEADS TO IMPROVED JOB OPPORTUNITIES. MORE THAN 1,200 CLIENTS PARTICIPATE IN SAFER'S EDU (Less)
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
ADULT TRANSITION/RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS - SAFER FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT PRIVATE AGENCY THAT OPERATES SECURED RESIDENTIAL CENTERS ON BEHALF OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. AT THE TWO ... (More)
ADULT TRANSITION/RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS - SAFER FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT PRIVATE AGENCY THAT OPERATES SECURED RESIDENTIAL CENTERS ON BEHALF OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. AT THE TWO SAFER ADULT TRANSITION FACILITIES, INCARCERATED INDIVIDU (Less)
Safer Foundation cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Safer Foundation cannot currently be evaluated by our Leadership & Adaptability methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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