Children's Rescue Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133486829
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bronx, NY, USA
Phone
7182993819
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,002,009
Expenses
$116,965,127
Assets
$255,357,262
Liabilities
$259,304,213

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ORLANDO C IVEY (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ORLANDO C IVEY (PRESIDENT/CEO): $373,892 total reported compensation
  • ERNIE ENDARA (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $257,574 total reported compensation
  • ANGELA GONZALEZ (CHIEF PROGRAM OFICER): $257,501 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To serve the homeless population with services required to assist and empower them to become independent and self-sufficient productive citizens to obtain permanent housing and ensuring their children's rights to education and healthcare.

What it reported doing in 2024

The children's rescue fund provides emergency transitional housing to homeless families and single adults in nyc. Crf's three largest shelters are house east, hotels and kenilworth. At any given time, these three shelters provide services to over 400 families and 200 individuals.on site social services includes individual counseling, advocacy, educational workshops, and assistance in seeking and finding permanent housing. The on-site social workers who provide mental health assessments and crisis intervention. As an organization, crf partners with local service provides for services not provided by our staff.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 32nd 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: -1.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.18; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.02; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $106.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $374K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.1M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 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: 11 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.