Capital Area Initiatives Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742934978
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5129166000
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$359,210
Expenses
$490,408
Assets
$946,315
Liabilities
$60,128

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

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANE HUGHSON (PRESIDENT)
  • LEW WHITE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BETTY VOIGHTS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PARTIA)
  • CHRISTOPHER MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PARTIA)

Highest reported compensation

  • BETTY VOIGHTS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PARTIA): $218,981 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTOPHER MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PARTIA): $109,534 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide coordination and cooperation among social service organizations and governments in the central Texas region. To promote high standards of care and treatment for those in need of social services in the central Texas region.

What it reported doing in 2024

Capable project - evidence-based intervention to client-directed home-based intervention to increase mobility, functionality, and capacity to "age in place" for older adults. Capable consists of time-limited services from an occupational therapist (ot), a nurse, and a handyman working in tandem with the older adult as an inter-professional team. Covid-19 support services - the grant funding for the capable project was transferred to a general operation grant to allow for essential support services during the pandemic. These funds were used to address basic need services, food insecurity and social isolation by supporting food access, food transport, utility and rental assistance as well as virtual programming and telephone reassurance to combat social isolation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $487K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $219K · 35 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.