Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County
Legal name: Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391472091
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2022
- Location
- Madison, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6082591606
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,546,191
- Expenses
- $1,664,461
- Assets
- $6,152,341
- Liabilities
- $821,688
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SARA PATTERSON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- SARA PATTERSON (CEO): $113,670 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
No one should face it alone. We provide life-affirming resources that empower families to find hope and flourish, including support through unintended pregnancy and related services. We believe every person should have the support and resources they need to continue their pregnancy **_and_** thrive! Join us to provide life-affirming resources that empower families to find the hope they need to flourish. Get Involved. > “You put me on the right path and helped me get through a time when I didn't have much support. You are like a family to me.” – former maternity home resident > — > “They really care about the patient and make you feel comfortable.”.
What it reported doing in 2025
Maternity home - the elizabeth house is a comprehensive program to help pregnant and newly parenting mothers prepare for a fresh start in life. The elizabeth house provides, free of charge, room and board, case management, parent coaching, clothing, toiletries, diapers, and other necessities of life. Residents participate in educational activities, including instruction through a parenting program. In addition, residents work with case management staff to secure training in financial literacy, verbal literacy, job preparedness, household management, and more. Staff and volunteers provide spiritual support, and many residents accept and/or grow in their christian faith. Successful graduates have secured a safe, affordable place to live, are stable at work or school, have chosen appropriate care for their child, and have built the resources necessary to thrive. In 2025 we served 23 women and their babies, providing a total of 5,159 days of shelter and support. Collectively, our residents paid off over $7,500 in debt and two moms completed their high school diplomas, two moms took college courses. Hope scores rose by 4 points over the year among current and successful graduates, suggesting improved mental, physical, and social well-being, better stress coping, greater resilience, and stronger social connections.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.4%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: Pass
- 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: 34.6%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.7; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 56.4% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.