Center for Community and Family Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952627676
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2009
Forms available
Form 990 2009
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
6265831783
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,101,985
Expenses
$59,825,776
Assets
$7,793,578
Liabilities
$10,346,810

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The center was organized for directing available public and private resources for a coordinated effort in the prevention of poverty and the circumstances that perpetuate it.

What it reported doing in 2009

Head start and early head start is funded from the us department of mental health and human services, and offers over 1,220 income-eligible and at-risk children and their families a comprehensive program responding to their emotional, social and nutritional needs. Staff offers children and their families acceptance, understanding, and the chance to achieve success through community participation, staff development and family involvement, the goal is to provide children a successful beginning, leading to a better future, and help parents move toward self-sufficiency. Early head start provides child care services and health services to approximately sixty children ages zero to three years old and parenting education and health services to pregnant women child development programs. Ccfs helps parents find child care through their resources and referral network. The alternative payment, calworks (parental choice). And center based programs give parents financial assistance for child care if they wish to pursue job training, find employment or further their education. Ccfs also offers training and licensing assistance to those who want to become care providers. In addition, care providers may receive finacial reimbursement for health meals serve to children in their care through the child care food program. The center also maintains a public children's toy and resource library and can connect families with local and state agencies dedicated to creating a safe environment for all children. The child development programs serve approximately 15,000 children. These programs are funded by grants from the California state department of education. The county of los angeles, through the California department of education, funds the ccfs' stage 1 calworks program acic, caa, first five and other programs. Ccfs helps low income families and children to ameliorate the causes and conditions of poverty in los angeles and madera counties.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.33; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $166K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.