Arrow Child & Family Ministries (Central Organization)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010628536
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Spring, TX, USA
Phone
2812101500
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Nonprofit Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,705,862
Expenses
$12,102,976
Assets
$17,118,323
Liabilities
$19,825,253

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL SCOTT LUNDY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • JENNIFER A MCGLOTHLIN-RENAULT (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARYLAND PROGRAMS)
  • MAYRA DOUGLES (VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES)
  • JONATHAN MCMULLEN (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY BASED CARE)
  • CANDIS SYKES (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL SCOTT LUNDY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $563,662 total reported compensation
  • JASON CAMPBELL PRUETT (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $262,020 total reported compensation
  • ANJANETTE SAUERS (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $232,565 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule o

What it reported doing in 2024

The consolidated group known as arrow child & family ministries (arrow) provides hope to children by providing safe environments such as foster and adoptive homes, group residential programs, and specialized education services to help in their development, arrow uses evidence-based clinical models which help aid children in their growth and development, arrow engages local communities and churches to help support its mission for helping kids and strengthening families.arrow consists of a central organization (acfm) and the combined affiliate group (acfm cag). Acfm provides centralized shared service in the areas of accounting, human resources, information technology, continuous quality improvement, and facilities management.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.3%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 1
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 4.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.16; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.3% of revenue deployed · 1.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $162K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $564K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.3M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.