Commission 127 Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832146975
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Altamonte Sprins, FL, USA
- Phone
- 4076194047
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,237,340
- Expenses
- $1,006,015
- Assets
- $1,835,489
- Liabilities
- $136,847
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BETSEY BELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- BETSEY BELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $128,714 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We strengthen and support foster and adoptive families by creating community and equipping churches to launch and lead family advocacy ministries with the vision that every vulnerable child would experience love in a well-supported family.c127 core programs include church ministry implementation, creating authentic community for adoptive & foster families, volunteer support, and strengthening child welfare professionals.
What it reported doing in 2025
Since implementing careportal, a tool for local churches to meet tangible needs, 1289 biological families in crisis have been stabilized families and helped keep 2935 children from having to enter the foster care system locally, resulting in over $1,304,612 in economic impact. In 2025 alone, 301 families and 704 children were stabilized in their home, resulting in over $400,000 in economic impact.we walked alongside 680 foster and adoptive families representing a 68% growth in connected families in four years. We provided emotional and physical support and encouragement to families loving kids from hard places. Due to support of c127, 71% families reported they grew spiritually and 76% said yes to continuing to foster, fostering a sibling set or a difficult placement. Only 22% of families felt connected before c127 or their care community, while 75% now feel highly connected and supported.we hosted our 6th annual marriage retreat for 48 foster and adoptive couples, our 6th annual mom's retreat for 83 foster and adoptive moms, and a fam leader retreat for ministry leaders of over 20 partner churches. We also partnered with church partners to host 13 family park gatherings throughout the year to help build community and connection.since inception, c127 has created connection for over 3500 volunteers with ways to serve and support families through their church.not all can foster, but all can care. Through their churches, these volunteers were able to find ways to tangibly care for those most vulnerable in our local community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.7%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.7%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 40.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.7% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $844K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $129K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.