East Bay Family Defenders

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824028390
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
4152557036
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Delinquency Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$50,692
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Eliza Patten (Executive Dir.): $35,454 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

East Bay Family Defenders mission is to keep families together and minimize the time children spend in foster care. We lend collective power to parents voice in decisions affecting their most sacred familial relationships; we are interdisciplinary, addressing the root causes that lead to system involvement; and we are connected to the community through a robust network of partnerships to ensure that our clients complex needs are met.

What it reported doing in 2023

East bay family defenders mission is to keep families together and minimize the time children spend in foster care. We lend collective power to parents voice indecisions affecting their most sacred familial relationships; we are interdisciplinary, addressing the root causes that lead to system involvement; andwe are connected to the community through a robust network of partnerships to ensurethat our clients complex needs are met.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $35K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.