Center for Child Protection

What it reported doing in 2025

Crisis intervention programs: the mission of the center for child protection is to lessen the emotional trauma of abused children during the investigation and prosecution of cases and to improve the system response to child abuse by uniting the efforts of public agencies and enlisting community support. The center provides a home-like, child centered environment where children who have reported abuse or witnessed a violent crime and their protective caregivers can go for evaluation, crisis intervention, evidence gathering and counseling. The center is a member of the child protection team, a collaboration of the austin police department, aisd police department, bee cave police department, village of briarcliff police department, cedar park police department, dell children's health, elgin police department, jonestown police department, lago vista police department, lakeway police department, leander police department, manor police department, mustang ridge police department, city of pflugerville police department, pflugerville isd police department, rollingwood police department, sunset valley police department, Texas department of family & protective services child protective services, department of family protective services adult protective services, department of family protective services child care licensing, travis county district attorney's office, travis county sheriff's office, university of Texas police department, and west lake hills police department. In 2025, the center provided services to approximately 2,730 children and adults. Services include forensic interviews, forensic medical exams, follow-up of case progress in the criminal justice system, counseling services, psycho-therapeutic groups and court education for children who will testify in a criminal case.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: 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: -11.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings