Child Advocacy Center of the Finger Lakes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830748156
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Canandaigua, NY, USA
Phone
5853942573
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$995,747
Expenses
$957,118
Assets
$445,692
Liabilities
$201,713

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ashley Davoli (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ashley Davoli (Executive Director): $113,059 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Child Advocacy Center of the Finger Lakes facilitates child abuse investigations through a team of community partners in a child-friendly environment, offering support and hope to children and families.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Child Advocacy Center of the Finger Lakes saw 405 children in 2024 providing a safe, child-friendly location for children to be interviewed, as well as providing advocacy, mental health and medical referrals. The Organization continued to lead the Trafficking Task Forces in Ontario, Seneca and Yates counties, facilitating the collaboration of all three Task Forces to share resources. The Organization also facilitates Child Abuse Response Teams in all three counties and a Tri County Child Fatality Review team in an effort to minimize trauma to children. Continued on Schedule OIn 2024, the Organization ran "pinwheel Garden", "Roc the Day", 2024 Shine Bright for Children Gala, "Steps to End Abuse Virtual 5k", to fundraise and raise awareness of child abuse. The Organization also continues to offer and approve Continued Education (CEU's) for Social Work and Mental Health. The Organization continued the Childhood Interpersonal Trauma Training, offering 30 CEU's to professionals in the field of Trauma. The Organization also hosted the annual LAKES day event training professionals of the multi-disciplinary teams and the Believe Child Abuse Summit that was held in October 2024.This program is supported by contributions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 93% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

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: 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $751K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.