The Exodus Road Inc.
The Exodus Road Inc.
Colorado Springs CO | IRS ruling year: 2013 | EIN: 46-1384815
Organization Mission
Envisioning a world in which humans are never bought, sold, or exploited.
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Colorado Springs CO | IRS ruling year: 2013 | EIN: 46-1384815
Organization Mission
Envisioning a world in which humans are never bought, sold, or exploited.
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FY 2021
This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.
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Industry professionals strongly recommend an independent governing body to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters. We check to see if at least 50% of board members are indentified as independent on their tax form.
Source: IRS Form 990
Industry professionals strongly recommend an independent governing body to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters. For most organizations, we check to see if the organization has at least three board members. For large, donor-funded organizations, we check to see if the organization has at least five independent board members
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 |
$2 million or higher and 40% or higher donor support | Expected to complete an audit and have an audit oversight committee |
$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
A diversion of assets — any unauthorized conversion or use of the organization's assets other than for the organization's authorized purposes, including but not limited to embezzlement or theft — also can seriously call into question a charity's financial integrity. We review the charity's most recent IRS Form 990 to see if the charity has reported any diversion of assets.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the IRS 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
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the IRS 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 for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the IRS 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 the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the IRS 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 to confirm on the IRS 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
Providing copies of the IRS Form 990 to the governing body prior to filing is considered a best practice, as it allows for thorough review by the individuals charged with overseeing the organization. The Form 990 asks the charity to disclose whether or not it has followed this best practice.
Making loans to related parties, such as key officers, staff, or Board members, is not standard practice in the sector as it diverts the charity's funds away from its charitable mission and can lead to real and perceived conflict-of-interest problems.
The IRS requires charities to disclose on their Form 990 any loans to or from current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and other "disqualified persons." Some state laws go so far as to prohibit loans to board members and officers.
Although employees and trustees are permitted to make loans to charities, this practice can also result in real and/or perceived conflict of interest problems for the charity. Furthermore, it is problematic because it indicates that the organization is not financially secure. Our analysts check to see if any loans have been made.
For almost all charities, we check the charity's IRS Form 990 to see if it discloses that the Form 990 is available on the charity's website. As with the audited financial statement, donors need easy access to this financial report to help determine if the organization is managing its financial resources well.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent IRS Form 990). This ratio is an indicator of an organization's solvency and/or long-term sustainability.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three IRS Forms 990). This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver.
Source: IRS Form 990
The amount spent to raise $1 in charitable contributions. To calculate a charity's fundraising efficiency, we divide its average fundraising expenses by the average total contributions it receives. We calculate the charity's average expenses and average contributions over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
Determines how long a charity could sustain its level of spending using its net available assets, or working capital, as reported on its most recently filed IRS Form 990. Dividing these net available assets in the most recent year by a charity's average total expenses, yields the working capital ratio. We calculate the charity's average total expenses over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
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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
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 (The Exodus Road Inc.) or EIN (461384815) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
The Exodus Road Inc. 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.
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This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.
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100% of beacon score
This organization reported that it is collecting feedback from the constituents and/or communities it serves. The methodology leveraged for Constituent Feedback is based on The Core Principles of Constituent Feedback, which describes listening and responding well to feedback. Charity Navigator participates in a consortium with other feedback experts and leading nonprofit infrastructure platforms to drive Constituent Feedback's advancement, promotion, and data collection.
Who are the people you serve with your mission? Describe briefly.
TER serves people who have been set free from exploitation - either forced labor or sexual servitude. TER's social workers and case managers conduct interviews with survivors in order to learn more about how we can better serve them. TER also collects feedback and input from staff, including HQ and international staff, donors, and from the agencies we partner with through TraffickWatch Academcy.
How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Paper surveys, Case management notes, Suggestion box/email
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
With whom does your organization share the feedback you got from the people you serve?
Our staff, Our board
How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship with them or shifted power - over decisions, resources, rules or in other ways - to them?
TER builds best practices around the needs of those who are or were entrapped in forced labor or sexual exploitation. An example of being responsive to the needs of former victims of human trafficking is that in 2021 we opened an aftercare shelter and program in Thailand to meet the needs of women 18 and over, plus any dependents, who have been liberated from sexual exploitation. The decision to open an aftercare program was made after several years of learning how adult victims received few if any services and had a high recidivism rate due to lack of options, counseling, help obtaining documents, education and so forth.
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Briefly describe a recent change that your organization made in response to feedback from the people you serve.
TER recently helped liberate three minors who were being trafficked for sex in Latin America. In conversations with these girls, TER staff learned that they were not being physically held at a trafficking location but were living at home. They were being coerced and blackmailed into servitude. They were vulnerable due to the extreme poverty of their families. We were able to connect with their families and help provide financial resources and other services so that these teens were no longer vulnerable to trafficking.
This organization has not provided information regarding the Equity Practices it is presently implementing. As such, the organization has not earned a score on this metric. This assessment demonstrates the importance of implementing practices that contribute positively to an organization's overall culture, both internally and with respect to community engagement. Furthermore, equity centered frameworks and similar approaches have drawn much attention from donors, experts, and sector leaders who underscore its value to the nonprofit's overall health and capacity for mission success. Currently, the Equity Strategies Checklist assessment consists of practices and policies that promote racial equity in their operations and programs (per the Equity Strategies checklist administered by Candid). As we refine our DEI assessment, Charity Navigator partners with DEI consultants and field experts to broaden and deepen this work.
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This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
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The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
A world in which humans are never bought, sold, or exploited.
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The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Partner with law enforcement to collect evidence of human trafficking crime, in order to find and free more victims of human trafficking.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: Empower survivors of human trafficking to live independently and free. We will provide aftercare and reintegration support to at least 56 women in 2022.
Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Describe an investment in leadership
We offer stipends to all staff personnel for professional development and regularly encourage staff to make the most use of those stipends to develop their professional skills and portfolio. Additionally, The Exodus Road hires third-party experts to provide coaching/training to staff on a quarterly basis.
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?
The Exodus Road has collaborative partnerships with NGOs, law enforcement, and other government agencies in each country of operation. We partner with law enforcement to gather evidence of human trafficking and bring freedom to victims and justice to traffickers. We partner with NGOs for client referrals, human trafficking tips, staff training, and more. Leadership and volunteers from The Exodus Road have participated in several third-party podcasts to contribute to and lead conversations related to global anti-human trafficking efforts. The Exodus Road also leads and produces a podcast of its own, bringing in outside experts and partners to discuss their anti-human trafficking work. We have an online training program in the USA, called TraffickWatch Academy, available for free to the general public. We also have a TraffickWatch Academy program specific to training law enforcement that was launched in Brazil in 2021.
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
COVID-19 restrictions and regulations have continued to fluctuate in many of The Exodus Road's areas of operation. This has impacted our Search + Rescue program, in which we collaborate with law enforcement to collect evidence of human trafficking. Our teams pivoted to conducting primarily online investigations to find evidence of exploitation. We continued to provide case evidence to law enforcement in order to find and free victims. Additionally, The Exodus Road began the launch of TraffickWatch Academy in Brazil, which is specifically focused on training law enforcement. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we have been unable to coordinate in-person trainings. However, The Exodus Road adapted all trainings into a virtual offering through an online learning management system and testing platform. This has allowed us to collaborate with a larger network of subject matter experts for training input and has made the trainings available to a wider audience. We will supplement online trainings in the future with in-person training.
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