Chatham County Partnership for Children
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561885127
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pittsboro, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9195427449
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,631,571
- Expenses
- $4,574,583
- Assets
- $194,704
- Liabilities
- $59,689
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER ST CLAIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- HEATHER ST CLAIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,510 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In collaboration with our community partners, we plan, fund, and implement quality early childhood education, health, and family support initiatives.
What it reported doing in 2024
Family support- used to account for service activities associated with parenting skills training, ongoing parenting education, general family support, literacy projects, and family literacy projects. Long term goal: families have the knowledge and skills needed to ensure that their children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.short term goals: families have the information they need to feel confident and competent about their ability to parent. Families have the knowledge and skills to participate in literacy related activities with their children.2025 results:100% of caregivers who attended kaleidoscope play and learn groups reported an increase in positive parenting practices.2025 # served: 287 children received weekly book bags to support early literacy. 100% graduates of the focus on fathers program demonstrated and increase in positive parenting behaviors. 168 families received individualized consultation or referrals for choosing quality child care from our child care search call center service; providing them with the information they need to find a match between what they want for their children, what they need for their family, and what is available from child care service providers. 2,412 children received a new book each month mailed to their home from the dolly parton imagination library.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $195.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 97.9%; rating input score 98; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- 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 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 78 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 75 filed related-organization links
- 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 1/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.