Bay Area Children First

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943225509
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone
5108839312
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,127
Expenses
$131,551
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bay Area Children First works directly with children, their families, schoolofficials, and other members of their support network by offering the followingservices: individual, group, and family psychotherapy, mental health and parentingeducation, case management, crisis intervention, family reunification support, referral and assessment. BACF clinicians directly help children in distress byutilizing the comprehensive combination of early intervention and preventionpractices.

What it reported doing in 2012

The mission of Bay Area Children First is to promote the emotional well being ofchildren in the counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay. We do this to ensurethese individuals grow into emotionally healthy adults who can make a positivecontribution to their community. To realize this objective we do the following:-- Counsel children directly in homes, schools, day care centers and socialservice sites.-- Educate parents, foster parents, teachers, social workers and family lawpractitioners in methods designed to improve the care of children.-- Advocate at all levels of government to make the needs of children aninstitutional priority.-- Train providers who work with children growing up in stressful conditions.We focus on children from families stressed by poverty, addiction, mental illness, incarceration and divorce. We believe our early intervention among our society'smost vulnerable members is the most effective way to assure a positive future forour society.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $105K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.