Center for Urban Families Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522142708
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4103675691
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,904,735
Expenses
$8,287,861
Assets
$13,389,462
Liabilities
$593,459

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH T JONES JR (PRESIDENT/FOUNDER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH T JONES JR (PRESIDENT/FOUNDER): $312,743 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN S LYGHT (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $172,371 total reported compensation
  • MARILYN AKLIN (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $169,956 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Founded in 1999, the center for urban families (cfuf) has as its mission to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. Cfuf envisions a society where individuals have the knowledge, skills, and resources to be self- sufficient; parents have the ability to provide the best for their children; and families are a solid foundation for healthy communities.cfuf is implementing our all in strategy by creating opportunities for economic security, strengthening family relationships, and providing access to key interventions through programs in three focus areas: economic success programs equip members with tools to achieve workplace success. (strive and back to business). Family stability programs that strengthen relationships. (baltimore responsible fatherhood services, and baltimore 2gen ecosystem initiative. Placed-based programs that build the capacity of residents to determine their communities' future (bcaan).

What it reported doing in 2024

Baltimore responsible fatherhood services/ 2 gen ecosystema 6-week program that utilizes cfuf's developing all dads for manhood and parenting (dadmap) curriculum to assist non-custodial fathers with low-incomes, to increase and build their fatherhood knowledge and skills.baltimore 2gen ecosystem initiative with funding from the kresgefoundation, cfuf has begun to create a community-designed, place-basedopportunity ecosystem that will help to increase social and economicmobility, while maximizing the strengths of existing community systems.using human-centered design, cfuf is formalizing coordinated careacross sectors by forging ecosystem partnerships around workforcedevelopment, education, social capital, and health and well-being tohelp families achieve social and economic mobility outcomes.this 2gen ecosystem initiative is comprised of baltimore agencies, communities, and public systems that support whole families to achieveoutcomes related to education, workforce development, stability, and program service accomplishments: healthy and safe living. This citywide strategy includes ecosystempartners like judy centers which prepare children, ages birth throughkindergarten, for school readiness; union baptist head start whichserves children, ages 3 to 4, with wraparound services for families; and baltimore healthy start which is committed to reducing infantmortality by providing comprehensive, supportive services to women andtheir families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 97
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th 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: 16.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.62; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57% of revenue deployed · 67.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $313K · 27 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $477K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.