Capital Area Family Justice Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834197348
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Phone
- 2252397880
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protection Against Abuse
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $493,716
- Expenses
- $453,770
- Assets
- $368,168
- Liabilities
- $46,179
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HILLAR C MOORE III (PRESIDENT)
- MARY G ERLINGSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SUZANNE HAMILTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SUZANNE HAMILTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,560 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Capital area family justice center, inc. (the organization) is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of Louisiana on may 29, 2019. The corporation was formed for the purpose of empowering victims of family violence with resources necessary to maintain safety and stability for themselves and their families. The organization's mission is "to provide survivors of domestic and dating violence with the opportunity to create safer, more stable lives for themselves and their children by providing in-depth, professionally supported, comprehensive services." the organization serves the survivors and families of east baton rouge and surrounding communities. A board of directors manages the operations of the organization, and those directors receive no compensation for their services. The organization is primarily funded through grants from various organizations and agencies as well as contributions from private foundations, corporations, and individuals.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization coordinates formal support services for survivors of family violence at one location, making it easier for women and their children to come and receive the support they desperately need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 73% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.7%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 69.4%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.7% of revenue deployed · 69.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $315K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.