Childhelp

Legal name: Childhelp Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952884608
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
1-800-422-4453
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,388,079
Expenses
$46,021,681
Assets
$29,421,035
Liabilities
$5,492,546

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARA OMEARA (CO FOUNDER/CEO)
  • YVONNE FEDDERSON (CO FOUNDER/PRESIDENT)
  • KENNETH BENDER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROGRAM)
  • LAUREN GOVEO (VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARA OMEARA (CO FOUNDER/CEO): $636,830 total reported compensation
  • YVONNE FEDDERSON (CO FOUNDER/PRESIDENT): $636,830 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL MEDORO (SVP CHIEF OF STAFF): $363,444 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Childhelp's mission is to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected, and at-risk children.

What it reported doing in 2024

Childhelp's public awareness and educational programs: childhelp is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and the empowerment of children through comprehensive public awareness and educational initiatives. These programs aim to equip children with safety skills, increase adult awareness of child abuse and their role in prevention, and provide accessible resources for support and reporting. Public awareness outreach occurs through multiple communication channels including: childhelp's website (www.childhelp.org); special events; public service announcements and campaigns; media outreach, providing speakers for community and professional forums, and print publications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 69.2%; rating input score 69; 12th 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: -1.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $32.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $637K · 25 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.