Dayton Area Families for Effective Autism Treatment

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202071544
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2010
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Dayton, OH, USA
Phone
9378854064
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,103
Expenses
$9,738
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dafeat is an organization comprised of parents, educators, and other professionals dedicated to providing education, advocacy and support for the miami valley autism community. Dafeat also promotes efforts to ensure early diagnosis and effective autism treatments such as applied behavior analysis (aba). Dafeat provides support, encouragement and guidance to parents and other family members seeking treatment for children with autism, as well as providing the opportunity for parents to interact with other parents with similar concerns. Dafeat seeks to educate familes, physicians, educators, professionals and the community on autism spectrum disorders and the effective treatments available by hosting speakers and workshop trainings.

What it reported doing in 2010

Services for individuals with disabilities: dafeat provided five workshops and speaker events during fy 10/11, which included multiple levels of aba/vb training, social skills, sensory and speech training, and provided donations for area special needs programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -137.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -99.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -143.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2010
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.