Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872655608
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Lexington, KY, USA
Phone
8594404001
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,343,096
Expenses
$1,094,569
Assets
$530,064
Liabilities
$2,372

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • David Cozart (Founder & CVO): $101,970 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families, Inc. CCFF is an emerging non-profit organization that seeks to improve child outcomes and enhance families and communities through increasing positive fatherhood engagement across Kentucky. We will do so by ensuring services are available to fathers and families to increase responsible fatherhood ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky.

What it reported doing in 2024

CCFF'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT FATHERS IN PROVIDING CHILD AND FAMILY SAFETY, ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND OVERALL COMMUNITY WELL-BEING THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND COLLABORATION. CCFF IS PROVIDING RESOURCES AND KEY LEADERSHIP IN THE COLLECTIVE COORDINATION OF THE KENTUCKY FATHERHOOD Service delivery systems. Accomplishments include, but are not limited to: KYDAD ACADEMY (A 6 WEEK, 10-Sression training intensive for fathers) ; CAPACITY-BUILDING MINI-GRANTS PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE AND POSITIVE FATHERHOOD ENGAGEMENT programs and projects; Professional Development & Training to state/community agencies (3000+attendees); 6 statewide fatherhood summits (1200+attendees); 3 Regional Fatherhood Symposiums (475+attendees); Fatherhood Art & Recovery (FAR) program with Fletcher group to infuse father-centric environment and curriculum in 4 Recovery Houses across Kentucky; Created educational resources on the relationship between father engagement and child maltreatment for public distribution; and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.7%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $43.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 64.6%; rating input score 65; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • 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: 18.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 44.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 61.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.7% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $815K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.