California Parenting Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942541640
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Phone
7075856108
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,911,806
Expenses
$5,098,161
Assets
$5,966,003
Liabilities
$1,956,285

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Colleen Metz Rouleau (President)
  • Gary Lucas (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Robin Bowen (Executive Dir.): $173,099 total reported compensation
  • Elizabeth Vermilyea (Deptuty Director): $119,812 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

California parenting institute (cpi dba child parent institute) is a family resource center, serving families throughout sonoma county since 1978. Our mission is to end child abuse and strengthen the health of children, parents, and families. Cpis continuum of care includes childrens trauma counseling, family resource assistance, parent education and support services, facilitated supervised visitation, support services for families with children on the autism spectrum, school-based mental health services, and a non-public school (new directions) providing adolescent special education trauma informed educational services. We advocate for policies that support families and protect children. Our key strategy is the use of the strengthening families five protective factors model, which is integrated into all of our programs. The protective factors are: parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and childrens soc

What it reported doing in 2024

Parent support services: being a great parent is part intuition and part education -- but the core of positive parenting is strong, healthy, nurturing relationships. Our parent support programs give parents the tools and resources they need to make their families strong. Last year - 598 families received parent education and mentoring services at cpi. Our resource navigators and community health workers provide short-term one on one assistance to parents, linking them to resources such as food, housing, child care, employment, and public assistance. Last year, families utilized our free diaper service 3,210 times. 787 families also benefited from our other concrete supports programs including food, gas, and utilites assistance, and resource navigation/basic needs assistance at our two family resource center locations.counseling services: at the heart of our mission at cpi is our commitment to protecting the children and fmilies in our community. Our child & family counseling clinic provides comprehensive mental health services to children aged 0-18 and their families. Last year we provided essential mental health counseling to 145 children and parents to strengthen parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children.school-based services: new directions is our non-public school serving students aged 12-22. Our students have had difficulty in school due to trauma, and need the support of a smaller education environment with integrated individual and group counseling services. New directions collaborated with 12 different school districts across the entire northern California region last year in support of students working towards their academic, social and emotional goals. Last year 100% of the senior class graduated high school or completed the program. Our school-based therapists provided 758 counseling sessions on middle and high school campuses throughout the county through our team success and juvenile diversion programs.child abuse prevention council: since 1978, child parent institute has been leading the fight against child abuse in sonoma county. We not only treat victims of child abuse, but we also provide crucial services to families in our community to prevent it. Cpi's executive director also serves as the chair of the child abuse prevention councils for both sonoma and marin counties.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 26.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.