Deirdre O'brien Child Advocacy Center Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Various child abuse prevention programs focusing on community education and awareness.1. Prevention and community education program - deirdre's house provides in-school and community education services in english and spanish. These services address the identification, prevention, and reporting of child abuse and emerging issues in child welfare like cyberbullying and safe use of technology. These presentations and trainings address child abuse prevention, mental health, and youth. The outcomes sought are a decrease in child abuse, increased reporting of incidences of abuse, and a change in youth culture regarding the responsible use of technology to decrease incidents of cyberbullying, child on child sexual abuse, and an increase in knowledge of support services to prevent and/or lessen stresses that can lead to child abuse.the game of life program (gol) education program is a collaboration coordinated by deirdre's house involving over twenty morris county social service agencies directed at high school students. This program is both a child abuse prevention program as well as a program which educated students as to the services available in morris county. This program is presented two to four times per year.2. Dear (day education arts recreation) camp - provides wholesome and fun camping experiences to children who have suffered abuse or neglect. Referrals are provided by partnering non-profit organizations. The children select the camps of interest to them. Scholarships of up to $500 per child are provided for the summer experience.3. Shine (scholarships helping inspire new expectations) - a program that awards morris county child victims scholarship funds to participate in mainstream community programs or lessons such as art, dance, music, or sports. Scholarships of up to $500 are available.4. Healing fund - provides funding to assist child victims and their families with crisis and emergency situations, medical health and hygiene costs, and appropriate family and/or school activities.5. Volunteer program - recruits, trains, monitors, and evaluates a bank of dedicated men and women who lend their helping hands in a variety of capacities in and around the center.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: $41.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 28th 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: Pass
  • 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: 24.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.7; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 26.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings