Charlene's Angels Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454204800
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3174311484
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,394,050
Expenses
$987,022
Assets
$1,273,136
Liabilities
$738,287

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLENE M GUTHRIE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLENE M GUTHRIE (PRESIDENT): $110,882 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Charlene's angels' mission is to serve and enrich the lives of adults with special needs with a vision of seeing a world where every adult with special nees enjoys full community integration, charlene's angels opened in 2012 to serve the needs of our ever-growing community of adults with special needs. Charlene's angels received accreditation to provide services under the Indiana medicaid home and community based services waiver program, aged and disabled waiver as well as choice through cicoa. Charlene's angels is also accredited by carf.

What it reported doing in 2024

Charlene's angels has continued to grow 2021 and 2022. The number of clients served increased from in 2021 to over 46. As the number of clients served increased, the need for additional transportation increased. Charlene's angels was able to purchase a pre- owned, 15 passenger mini-bus that allows the staff to safely transport clients to and from activities i.e. Bowling, swimming, putt-putt golfing, movie theaters, the indianapolis zoo, apple orchard, petting zoo, sports camp etc. Charlene's angels continues to use privately owned vehicles to provide addititional transportation when needed. However, as additional resources are accumulated an additional company-owned client transportation vehicle was purchased in 2022. Southland community church continues to offer safe, secure and highly functional occupancy for charlene's angels. Several rooms that were originally built for school classrooms are occupied by charlene's angels. There are numerous bathrooms, both male and female, that are clean, functional, and within fifty feet of the classrooms. A commercial kitchen, complete with a walk-in cooler and freezer are abailable for charlene angel's use. Plenty of parking is available and an exclusive, secure entry door is available for the staff and clients of charlene's angels. The staff at southland community church is highly supportive of the program and provide encouragement and special accomodations as needed. The southland staff add special value to charlene's angels. Chalrene's angels was able to make improvements to the main office as well as the parking lot where the busses are parked. Charlene's angels continues to offer group exercise in the form of zumba, as well as a more traditional exercise opportunity multiple times a week. Swimming is offered during the summer months. Functional academics, cooking, social development, self-care skills, independent living skills are offered daily. Charlene's angels periodically surveys staff, clients and guardians. Charlene's angels obtained a "very satisfied" ranking from the clients, staff and guardians in 2021 and 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • 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: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $977K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.