The Children’s Village

Legal name: The Children's Village Inc

Overview

Mission

The Children’s Village (CV) is committed to the wellbeing of children, teens, and families by advocating for, strengthening, and reuniting families; building community partnerships; creating innovative programs; and connecting people to resources that focus on basic needs and human rights. Two colleagues reviewing documents in an office hallway. **Our Team** Learn about the many dedicated individuals who support our mission: Board of Trustees, senior staff members, Community Advisory Committee, Leadership Council, Parent Council, and Youth Leadership. Man helping a boy with homework, both smiling. **Our Partners** Many organizations support The Children’s Village, through donations, volunteers, or gifts of goods and services. They are truly our partners in helping our community’s children become strong, stable adults. **News & Publications** Media coverage, CV-authored articles, and...

What it reported doing in 2024

Short-term residential services: the children's village (cv) provides various short-term therapeutic residential services for children and youth. Today, the children's village (cv) is widely recognized for spearheading the children's residential care reforms that are transforming practice and policy. Cv helped design and pass the federal family first prevention services act (ffpsa) of 2018. The ffpsa reduces reliance on family separation and residential care and directs federal funds for family support. In New York, the children's village provides the broadest range of short-term, evidence-based, and evidence-informed, family-focused residential care for teens. We strive to provide family and unconditional belonging for children and youth needlessly separated from family. Physical and psychological health: our pediatricians, medical and behavioral health teams provide care for more than 5,000 children each year. In addition, we operate a short-term 21-day co-ed children's crisis residence. Our psychiatrists, psychologists and licensed social workers provide individual and group therapy and support to more than 15,000 children and teens struggling with hurt, trauma, and mental health issues.

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 95% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131739945
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Dobbs Ferry, NY, United States
Phone
914-693-0600
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

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: 92
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $141.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 85.8% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 33 of 34 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $145.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $713K · 43 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.9M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Leadership & pay

43 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JEREMY C KOHOMBAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $713,413 total reported compensation
  • TRACI GARDNER (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $445,528 total reported compensation
  • DAVID GUNTON (GENERAL COUNSEL): $418,657 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.