Child and Family Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042104754
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New Bedford, MA, USA
Phone
5089968572
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,288,061
Expenses
$40,008,387
Assets
$51,595,430
Liabilities
$13,456,692

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARL TABER (PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW ROY (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WENDY BOTELHO (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LUIS MOLMENTI (MEDICAL DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/12/24)): $276,451 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA MURPHY (PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER): $221,643 total reported compensation
  • DORCAS ADEYEMO (PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER): $215,473 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To heal and strengthen the lives of children and families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adoption services - this division provides older children and special needs adoptions to families primarily in Massachusetts. The older children division provides services for children who have been in the custody of the department of children and families. The special needs division provides services to assess the children's needs and identifies the type of family best suited to meet them. The adoption program also includes a post-adoption services program known as adoption journeys. Adoption journeys' services include parent and youth support groups, home-based counseling, parent and young adult liaisons, adoption-competency training, and respite care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% 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

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $37.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $276K · 16 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.