Center For Transforming Lives

What it reported doing in 2024

Economic mobility services offers financial coaching, financial education, and microenterprise support. We served 407 adults with the average increase in income of $1,399 a month, provided $40,000 in funding to entrepreneurs to help them grow their small businesses. 13 small businesses were established through our microenterprise program.ctl's clinical counseling services (ccs) program is dedicated to increasing the emotional well-being of women, children, and families and utilizes evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic modalities. The therapeutic interventions utilized have been identified as effective in meeting the needs, behaviors, demographics, and symptomology of the individuals and families served. Ccs offers filial therapy with young children from birth to 4 years old, child-centered play therapy for children ages 4 and up, traditional talk therapy for adolescents, and traditional talk therapy for adults. In addition, ccs offers individual, couples, family, and group counseling. All services are provided at no cost to the participant. Therapy is provided by licensed therapists and/or master's level student interns under the supervision of an independently licensed clinician and is available to any ctl participant or member of a participant's household. In the last fiscal year, ccs served 180 individuals for a total of 3,019 hours of counseling/therapy. Additionally, ccs tracks outcomes such as numbers served, achievement of treatment goals, and reduction of trauma symptoms.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $21.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 21.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings