Choices in Childbirth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202015286
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Saugerties, NY, USA
Phone
2129834122
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,987
Expenses
$24,322
Assets
$154,133
Liabilities
$1,212

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DALLAS GILPIN (BOARD CHAIR)
  • KAY HALLENBECK (TREASURER)
  • CASSANDRA CLARK (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Choices in childbrith is a non-profit education, policy, and advocacy organization that advances women's health by promoting safe, healthy, and empowered births. Choices in childbirth offers workshops, tools, and resources to help expecting moms evaluate the many options for where, how, and with whom to birth. Choices in childbirth also advocates for evidence-based birth practices and improved maternal health policies on the local, state, and federal levels. Choices in childbirth is putting the power of childbirth back in the hands of women and families, one birth at a time.

What it reported doing in 2018

We empower women to make infomred decisions about their birth expereince through educational workshops, tools and access to providers. We offer written materials, including reports and research; we create programming such as the classrom edition of the business of being born; and we host workshops where expecting parents can learn from parents and providers simultaneously in an interactive setting. We connect with and advocate to other leaders, policy makers, and health care providers to promote and provide accessible, culturally competent, and evidence based maternity care services for all women. We engage the public through events, outreach, and volunteer opportunities. We amplify women's voices to their providers, to other women, and to policy makers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.34; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.