Atap 4 Autism Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862429958
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Henderson, NC, USA
Phone
2525722933
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services for Adolescent Parents

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,230,020
Expenses
$1,254,562
Assets
$8,217
Liabilities
$3,984

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lateonya Jenkins (President)
  • Karina Bias (Bilingual Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Lakiesha Perkins (Program Director): $70,991 total reported compensation
  • Karina Bias (Bilingual Executive Director): $38,879 total reported compensation
  • Lateonya Jenkins (President): $37,220 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are a behavioral jealth and community service provider. We provide one-on-one therapy with individuals on the autism spectrum. We provide evidence-based services to famailies who have individuals with a mental health or substance abuse disorder by giving them the resources need to supoort these individuals.

What it reported doing in 2024

We provide evidence based services to families that have individuals with a mental health or substance abuse disorder. We offer family and parent support services. We provide resources to families in our community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -43.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.