Chippewa Family Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391746413
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Chippewa Falls, WI, USA
Phone
7157237566
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$669,734
Expenses
$608,441
Assets
$1,201,040
Liabilities
$7,533

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRICIA WILKINSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TRICIA WILKINSON (PRESIDENT): $93,399 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL WILKINSON (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $250 total reported compensation
  • LORRIE FRANSON (DIRECTOR): $250 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Court appointed guardian

What it reported doing in 2023

The corporation serves as a court appointed guardian and court appointed conservator for principles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $596K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.