Anthem Strong Families

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134291152
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2144260900
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,992,167
Expenses
$3,025,082
Assets
$271,495
Liabilities
$443,169

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COSETTE BOWLES (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • COSETTE BOWLES (CEO): $150,000 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM DAWKINS (CONS OPS OFFICE): $120,645 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES DILLON (DIR OF PROGRAMS): $104,750 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Anthem Strong Families educates, equips, and empowers men, women and youth to Be the Champion for their life, their marriage, their children and their family.

What it reported doing in 2023

FRAMEWorks: Selected as CQI findings presenter for OFA grantee summit hosted in D.C. and voted as one of the Top 5 workshops by attendees.Exceeded 100% of annual enrollment goalExceeded each of 4 target benchmark goals1. Initial Program Participation 100.3% of goal2. Completion of Half of Program 101.2% of goal3. Completion of 90% of Program 100.3% of goal4. Fully Completed 114% of goalExceeded 90% program dosage goal.99.95% of all enrolled participants completed at least 1 workshop.Completed over 2700 individual service contacts and made over 900 referrals.Achieved a participant rating of 4.8/5 for overall helpfulness of program.Achieved participant program exit rating of 4.6/5 for overall helpfulness with improving co-parenting skills.Achieved participant program exit rating of 4.7/5 for overall helpfulness with improving parenting skills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 67
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $148.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.63; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.4% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 6 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $671K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.