Children and Youth Cabinet

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871629858
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
4016621637
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,418,751
Expenses
$1,800,408
Assets
$119,627
Liabilities
$306,535

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REBECCA BOXX (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MATTHEW BILLINGS (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $139,601 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA BOXX (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $138,742 total reported compensation
  • JERRON SEYMOUR (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $56,552 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Children and youth cabinet of Rhode Island (cyc) is a nimble intermediary, amplifying the lived experience and expertise of community residents to select, implement and invest in evidence-based programs developed and implemented by people of color for communities of color to best address the social and emotional needs of children, youth, and families.

What it reported doing in 2024

School based behavioral health program-school based behavioral health program are evidence based programs that implement clinical groups in schools to help youth/students of the latino and black/african american adolescents to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder and acute depression. Groups are facilitated by licensed clinicians artists of color. 60% of time spent on these activities. Activities are funded through grants and contracts.- cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools (cbits); this evidence-based program ameliorates post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through school based clinical groups with a performance arts integration. This activity is primarily conducted in schools and community settings and facilitated by clinicians and performance artists.- trauma system workshops: created to support professionals who directly serve our most vulnerable, cyc workshops feature training in trauma 101; de-escalation in the classroom; self-care for teachers and administrators; grief, loss, and separation; historical trauma; and mindfulness 101. By providing effective strategies for working with traumatized youth, these sessions aim to improve outcomes while reducing staff burnout. This activity is primarily conducted in schools and community settings and provided by experienced clinicians. - act and adapt; this school-based program was designed by latinx developers for latinx and black/ african american adolescents. Clinical groups help youth overcome acute depression using a cognitive behavioral approach. Results include a significant reduction in acute depressive symptoms. This activity is primarily conducted in schools and community settings and facilitated by experienced clinicians. - helping schools access underutilized federal funds for therapeutic services, cyc coordinates multiple providers to place licensed mental health clinicians in schools. This highly effective model leverages hundreds of thousands of medicaid dollars for a relatively small investment. This activity is primarily conducted in schools and counseling sessions are conducted by licensed clinicians.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.56; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -86.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.