Childsafe Colorado Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311581377
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
9704724133
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,490,808
Expenses
$1,535,470
Assets
$1,257,355
Liabilities
$492,443

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REMI NELSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHLEEN BAUMGARDNER (EXECUTIVE DI): $92,372 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mission: our mission is to break the cycle and heal the childhood trauma resulting from abuse and neglect with specialized treatment, education and community outreach. We believe in a comprehensive, community-based approach to the problem of child sexual abuse. We coordinate services with law enforcement, child protection agencies, schools, medical professionals, and other mental health providers.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, childsafe treated 555 individuals in our catp outpatient treatment program. We serve victims of child abuse (primarily sexual abuse), ages 2- 18, and their non-offending family members through a combination of group, individual and family therapy to help foster resilience and heal the damage caused by abuse. After a thorough assessment, our highly trained therapists, with client input, develop treatment plans for the work they will do together. Our treatment approach is trauma-informed and may include: play, art, sand, and music, as well as tf-cbt, talk, emdr, neurofeedback, and other highly effective therapies. Family therapy is conducted to improve communication and trust, and heal attachment wounds. Through group therapy, clients learn that they are not alone in their struggles and can face their challenges and learn to thrive with the support and encouragement of their peers. In 2024, we taught 119 caregivers in our trauma-informed parenting classes to give them the tools to face the challenges of raising traumatized children and teens. In addition, we provided over 600 hours of individual parent coaching to our families. Our clinicians also provide support and advocacy for clients going through the court system and connect families with referrals for accessing help with basic needs. We turn no one away due to inability to pay for services. Childsafe is a respected member of the mdt (multi-disciplinary team) in our community responding to cases of child abuse and neglect. Our clinicians provide vital training and consultation to area professionals regarding the myriad issues facing victims of abuse and how to respond in an effective and trauma-informed manner. In 2022, we began to facilitate brain mapping (neurosequential model of therapeutics) to assess clients' adverse experiences, relational health, and current functioning. From these data points, we create a map that shows the client's brain function compared to typically-developed peers. The clinician then provides concrete treatment recommendations to best fit that individual client. This ensures clients get appropriate treatment, but also that outside systems, like the child's school, will more likely meet their needs in trauma-informed ways.

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.6% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.