Champions for Children
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934150970
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Bethesda, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3019086846
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health Association
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,717
- Expenses
- $50,012
- Assets
- $24,716
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Paula Widerlite (President)
People named in this filing
- Paula Widerlite (President)
- Maureen Dymond (Treasurer)
- Colleen Brown (Communications Committee Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are a membership organization of women passionate about children's health and wellness who come together to raise our voices to ensure every child has access to needed resources in their communities, schools, and at home. Our volunteer Board of Directors, representing many backgrounds, experiences and interests, coalesce around our common mission of raising awareness and funds to impact the children's mental health crisis.
What it reported doing in 2024
1) On April 6, 2024, we held a Spring Walk & Education session entitled "Stepping Up for Children's Mental Health". This event provided the opportunity to learn about how parents and teachers can support their children, the community, and our schools to ensure children's mental health is supported. Jenna Borrelli, LCSW-C, Director of Wellness and Health at Bullis School, discussed the latest research on school mental health and provided resources to help attendees better support children's emotional and social well-being. 2) We held an event on World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2024 to raise awareness of the need for a continued commitment to provide mental health services to children in the DC, Maryland and Virginia communities. We recognized thought leaders in this field (including Congressman Jamie Raskin, Dr. Lee Beers, Angela Alsobrooks, and Dr. Shelli Avenevoli) and raised funds to support the following 3 worthy organizations that support our mission: Lourie Center for Children's Emotional and Social Wellness, Morgan's Message and Generation Hope. Champions for Children helped fund the following for each of the grantees: 1-Adventist HealthCare Lourie Center for Children's Social and Emotional Wellness provides specialized mental health services for at-risk children. CFC support went towards funding emergency psychiatric screenings and crisis support for children ages 4-11, ensuring they get the care they need in their most critical moments. 2-Morgan's Message works to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health in athletics. CFC donations were used to support peer-to-peer meetings at over 1,700 schools and campuses, as well as the continued production of their podcast, *The Mental Matchup*. 3-Generation Hope takes a two-generation approach, helping teen parents and their children achieve economic mobility through education and mental health services. CFC contributions helped provide tuition assistance, career support, and flexible mental health services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.