Community Family Advocates Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251892176
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4128825383
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,652,678
- Expenses
- $5,324,108
- Assets
- $16,887,049
- Liabilities
- $1,770,669
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARIANNE KEARNEY (BOARD CHAIR PRESIDENT)
- FAY BOLAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- SUSAN E LEVI (BOARD MEMBER TREASURER)
- LISA ASHBAUGH (BOARD MEMBER SECRETARY)
- ANDREW CLIFFORD (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Programs to support and educate funders, consumers, families, social services professionals and service providers about behavioral health issues and supports available for individuals with disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2024
BH Fellows Program - Allegheny County engaged CFA to assist in implementing this groundbreaking program to develop and retain social services professionals in the field by assisting with the payoff of student loan debt. Working in collaboration with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Allegheny County, CFA plays a pivotal role in the loan review process and ensures the programs standards align with reinvestment requirements. The organization handles transcript verification, reviews loan documentation, tracks employment and training participation, and manages the disbursement of loan repayments. Originally conceived to deliver services to 5 cohorts through 2026 the program has been approved for 10 cohorts through 2028, 8 of which have been enrolled (156 participants). The first cohort (23 professionals) has completed the program achieving repayment of nearly $925,000 in student loan debt.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 84% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 47
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th 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: 40%; rating input score 40; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 124.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $528K reported
- Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 6 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.