Cerebral Palsy Center for Handicapped Adults Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
620791388
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Knoxville, TN, USA
Phone
8655230491
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,746,668
Expenses
$1,710,384
Assets
$524,345
Liabilities
$51,482

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • RENEE SHEPARD (Executive Dir.): $87,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to assisting persons with disabilities to plan and achieve full inclusion in the life of the community by providing an array of employment and recreational services.

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Supportive Living Services: The organization provides supportive living services to individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities. These services help individuals live as independently as possible in their own homes or in community based residential settings. Staff assist with daily living activities such as personal care, meal preparation, transportation, budgeting, and maintaining health and safety. Services are person centered and designed to promote independence, choice, and self-sufficiency.2. Community Integration and Day Center Supports: The organization provides both community based and facility based day supports that encourage active participation, social development, and personal growth. Individuals engage in volunteer activities, recreational outings, and social experiences within the community, as well as structured skill building and enrichment activities within a licensed day program facility. These programs are designed to help individuals develop communication, social, and daily living skills while fostering inclusion and engagement in community life.3. Employment Support: The organization provides employment related services to assist individuals with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining, and maintaining meaningful employment. Supports include vocational assessment, job readiness training, job placement, and ongoing job coaching. These services are tailored to each individual's abilities and interests to promote long-term and independence in the workforce.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 10
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.8%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.8% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $88K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.