Children's Home of Poughkeepsie
Legal name: Children's Home of Poughkeepsie Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141364662
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Poughkeepsie, NY, US
- Phone
- 845-452-1420
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Group Homes
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,906,126
- Expenses
- $35,977,853
- Assets
- $27,919,236
- Liabilities
- $5,683,862
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WALTER JOSEPH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO)
- DANIELLE MITCHELL (ASSC. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COO)
Highest reported compensation
- WALTER JOSEPH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO): $252,608 total reported compensation
- DANIELLE MITCHELL (ASSC. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COO): $215,999 total reported compensation
- ROSANA CARO ASST EXEC (DIRECTOR, FEDERAL PROGRAM SERVICE): $186,397 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empowering children and families to achieve optimal health and well being
What it reported doing in 2024
Home study and post release services program (hs/prs): the home study and post release services program (hs/prs) ensures the safe and stable placement of unaccompanied children with a sponsor or family member. Through the home study program, trained professionals conduct comprehensive home visits and assessments to ensure that each child's individual and specialized needs can be met prior to their release.once reunified, the post release services program provides ongoing support to help families successfully integrate into their local communities. This includes connecting them with essential resources such as medical care, education, legal services, and mental health support. The program prioritizes child safety, family stability, and long-term well-being, ensuring that every child has the foundation to thrive in a secure and supportive environment.youth served: 251accepted cases: 251closed cases: 184average age: 15.67states served: al, ar, az, ca, co, ct, de, fl, ga, ia, id, il, in, ky, la, ma, md, mi, mo, ms, mt, nc, ne, nh, nj, nm, nv, ny, oh, pa, ri, sc, tn, tx, ut, va, vi, wa, wi, wy.average length of prs (days): 108.3completed home studies: 11
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 91% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.
- 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: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 10 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $29M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $253K · 25 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $646K reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- 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 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.