Children First for Oregon
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943168157
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5032369754
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $815,629
- Expenses
- $1,111,112
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JENIFER WAGLEY (EXECUTIVE DI): $91,188 total reported compensation
- KATHERINE HENDRIX (INTERIM EXEC): $65,066 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Children first for Oregon's mission is to make long-term systemic change by advocating for policies and programs that keep children healthy and safe, and strengthen families.
What it reported doing in 2019
Oregon foster youth connection empowers current and former foster youth to improve Oregon's foster care system through leadership, advocacy, and activism. Foster youth grow as leaders by developing solutions for Oregon's foster care system. From their unique perspective as youth who have experienced foster care, ofyc members participate in key child welfare advisory meetings, provide education on foster care issues, and advocate for policy change in the Oregon legislature. They learn to communicate effectively, problem-solve, and work on a team to achieve their goals. Through peer support and adult mentorship, members have the opportunity to build community with foster youth from all walks of life. Participating youth gain confidence from their experiences in foster care while building a foundation of support for a productive and successful adulthood. Ofyc youth establish long-term change within the foster care system by developing and advocating for policies in the Oregon legislature. Wins secured by youth include the foster children's sibling bill of rights, a tuition waiver at state universities and community colleges for youth who spent time in Oregon's foster care system, and the ability for foster children to open savings accounts in their own name. Alumni of ofyc have moved on to higher education, leadership roles in government, and career paths that build on the skills gained in ofyc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.
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: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 5
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -36.2%; rating input score 4; 4th 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: 14.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $956K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
- 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 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.