Adoption Links Worldwide

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470766741
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2009
Forms available
Form 990 2009
Location
Omaha, NE, USA
Phone
4025562367
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$523,108
Expenses
$586,749
Assets
$133,121
Liabilities
$18,217

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Adoption Links Worldwide is a licensed child placing agency in the State of Nebraska which provides the highest quality therapeutic family support and adoption services to families in the Midwest. Adoption Links Worldwide is an active member of the Nebraska Adoption Association (NAAA). Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS), and is the only Nebraska-based agency to be accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) for Hauge International Adoptions.

What it reported doing in 2009

INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ADOPTION - ALW is accredited by COA as a Primary Provider for international adoptions. ALW can serve as a primary provider under the Hauge Convention, but at this time is not providing this service. ALW can perform the duties of a supervised provider for any of the 70-plus Hague nations. ALW has participated in the placement of children from over 20 countries in Asia, Central & South America, Africa and Eastern Europe.ALW works with families in the Midwest who are appropriate to adopt African American infants. The agency partners with licensed agencies across the US who work with a large population of women of color who are considering adoption as an alternative to parenting.The services provided to support these programs include: adoptive parent training, home study assessments, waiting family groups, placement, post placement or post adoption support. ALW works with singles and couples with or without children, from their twenties through their fifties.ALW provides pregnancy counseling and safe parenting planning to a target population of women. These women are pregnant or newly parenting. All services to these women are provided at no cost to the client. When ongoing services are necessary, these clients are seen in the Therapy program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $526K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.