Centers for Children and Families Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 751005357
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Midland, TX, USA
Phone: 4325701084
Rating: 76
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Family Services

Reported finances

Revenue: $5,824,573
Expenses: $6,105,285
Assets: $6,653,284
Liabilities: $340,668

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

KRISTI EDWARDS (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

KRISTI EDWARDS (CEO): $184,507 total reported compensation
MARC MCQUEEN (CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $100,690 total reported compensation
HAILEY LAW (FINANCE DIR): $89,650 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Centers for children & families, inc. Exists to improve quality of life and strengthen the communities we serve through counseling, education and supportive services

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinical counseling - this program provides professional counseling for individuals, couples, families and children ages three and up. From crisis intervention to problems of a chronic nature, centers is an affordable resource for those facing the challenges of life. Counseling sessions not filed through insurance, medicaid or billing to other contracts are offered on a sliding fee scale or for free, based on eligibility for grant-funded programs. Counseling is offered free of charge for active military, veterans, and their families. Of clients receiving counseling, more than 85% demonstrated improved life skills, confidence, and decision-making.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 78
Transparency & Controls: 65
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 35
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
Fundraising efficiency: $7.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

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: 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: -4.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $185K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
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.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.