Birth Detroit Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842980807
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3139770951
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,600,980
Expenses
$2,297,868
Assets
$4,687,549
Liabilities
$42,166

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESELIEY R WELCH (PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.)
  • MYRA LEE FOWLER (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AFTON SHAVERS (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER): $157,980 total reported compensation
  • CHAR'LY SNOW (CHIEF CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $157,980 total reported compensation
  • ELIKEM AMABLE-BRUMFIELD (EASY ACCESS MIDWIFE): $113,025 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of birth detroit, inc. Is to midwife safe, quality, loving care through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. The organization envisions a world in which birth is safe, sacred, loving, and celebrated for everyone. The organization's values are safety, love, trust, and justice.

What it reported doing in 2024

Birth detroit care - this service includes the operation of the birth detroit care center, which provides comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care for detroit families, led by midwives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 36.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.04; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.