Connections Individual and Family Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742179169
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New Braunfels, TX, USA
Phone
8306296571
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,285,171
Expenses
$5,738,689
Assets
$10,994,170
Liabilities
$2,037,622

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACOB HUERECA (CEO)
  • MATT BONINE (President)
  • PIA LOMAX (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACOB HUERECA (CEO): $140,868 total reported compensation
  • NICOLE BEAUCHAMP (CFO): $93,582 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Strengthening communities, one youth and one family at a time.

What it reported doing in 2024

Connections offers counseling services, substance abuse prevention/resiliency education, and residential services for children from the ages of 5 through the age of 21. The agencys two emergency shelters serve youth ages 5 through high school graduation that are either homeless, running away, or experiencing family conflict, as well as youth who have entered the states foster care system due to abuse or neglect. The agency also provides a longer term Transitional Living Program for youth ages 5-21 who are in the states foster care system and are preparing for living on their own as adults. Counseling services are offered for youth and families in 11 counties in south and south-central Texas. Substance misuse prevention services are offered in 17 counties that overlap the agencys counseling service area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $141K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.