Child Care Coalition of the Niagara Frontier Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222916451
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7168776666
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Day Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,548,393
Expenses
$5,956,391
Assets
$7,393,175
Liabilities
$925,506

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL KLINE (PRESIDENT)
  • TINA A HASSLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIMBERLY SUMINSKI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIMBERLY SUMINSKI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $137,729 total reported compensation
  • RAYMOND WALTER (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $84,695 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 promote quality affordable, accessible care and learning for all children by supporting and empowering families, care givers, education professionals and employers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Childcare registration program: working to ensure the health, safety, and positive development of children, the childcare resource network registration department contracts with the nys office of children and family services (ocfs) to monitor and regulate family childcare and school age childcare programs in eric county erie county. Research includes processing new and renewable applications inspecting programs for compliance with nycocfs healthcare regulations overseeing corrective action plans and providing technical assistance to over 200 potential and existing family and school age childcare providers each year. Also, conduct complaint investigations on registered providers and all complaints and illegal providers, conduct safety assessment based on arrests and convictions of staff, process fingerprint waivers and state central register checks, process justice center register checks and conduct enforcement actions and approach for serious and repeat violations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • 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: 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: 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: 9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $138K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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 54/100.