Columbus County Partnership for Children Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561966108
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Whiteville, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9106428226
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $670,394
- Expenses
- $697,303
- Assets
- $237,197
- Liabilities
- $48,267
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Selena Rowell (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Selena Rowell (Executive Director): $67,969 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 provide families with children ages birth to five with access to high quality affordable services to make sure all children are healthy and prepared to succeed when they enter kindergarten.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community Outreach, Information and Resources provides printed materials including brochures and press releases for the Partnership's activities. This activity also maintains the organization's website and social media accounts. The staff presents information in the community. There were a total of 7 community presentations and 3 outreach events completed. A golf fundraiser, Magic on Main and summer literacy outreach events were hosted to promote literacy and awareness of the Partnership and Smart Start programs and services. 45 table displays were erected at community events, fairs and festivals. Staff made 604 posts to Facebook which reached 66,508 people. 15 articles were written for publication in local newspapers. 96% of parents and guardians participating in community presentations/events indicated on a post survey that they increased their knowledge of Partnership programs and services, as well as the importance of a child's early years.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 93.1%; rating input score 93; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 61.9%; rating input score 62; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 10 filed program accomplishments · $573K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $68K · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.