Child Haven Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942907687
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Fairfield, CA, USA
Phone
7074255744
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,786,752
Expenses
$2,794,298
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Simona Cataldo (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Doug Scott (Board Chair): $515,392 total reported compensation
  • Simona Cataldo (CEO): $346,105 total reported compensation
  • Ed Hackett (Treasurer/CFO): $300,937 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Child Haven's mission is to prevent the incidence of child abuse and neglect in Solano County.

What it reported doing in 2021

Child Haven, Inc. continues to be a leading service provider in Solano County for children in need of intensive therapeutic mental health and developmental services. Incorporating the belief that early intervention, education, and targeted professional services help children heal and families thrive. Child Haven's diverse, professional staff incorporates cultural competence and a multidisciplinary approach which respects the needs of the family and is a key to our success. Children served at Child Haven often suffer from severe neglect, have experienced the trauma of physical or sexual abuse, and have been exposed to violence. Child Haven provides developmental services to families with developmental delayed infants ages birth to 3 and mental health services for children ages birth to 18. Behavioral services are offered through Child Haven's Comprehensive Assessment, Research and Evaluation (CARE) Program for children ages 2 - 6 years of age. The Agency also provides an array of group and specialty services for families including therapy, parenting classes, and therapeutic assessment. Participating families are referred through the courts, county health and social services, schools, law enforcement, teachers, and other community providers. The Agency has a facility in Fairfield. Child Haven served 157 children and their families in this fiscal year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th 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: -56.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -71% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $515K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.