DC Children's Trust Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521990489
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022990900
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$173,704
Expenses
$230,596
Assets
$36,965
Liabilities
$29,883

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DR KINAYA SOKOYA (EXEC DIRECTOR): $85,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide or program initatives that are directed toward the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect to foste the well being of the districts children and their families. This program is currently being updated and will be released soon. A support group of parents that are sharing parenting wisdom. Parent Support Group. Parent Support Group This program is currently under development and will be released soon. Home. The Effective Black Parenting (EBP) program seeks to improve parenting practices, achieve positive child outcomes, and maintain a cultural focus. It aims to empower parents and provide them with tools and "guardrails" for challenging situations. A family Los Ninos.

What it reported doing in 2023

Develop programs directed to prevent child abuse and programs to assist in the well being of district of columbia children and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% 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.

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: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -31.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $209K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.