Emerge Family Advocates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030353358
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2012
Location
White River Junction, VT, USA
Phone
8022967663
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$221,062
Expenses
$227,324
Assets
$123,813
Liabilities
$119,898

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide supportive child visitation and exchanges services for families under court order.

What it reported doing in 2012

Emerge provided services for 127 families pursuant to court orders - primarily originating in family courts in windsor and windham counties in Vermont and in grafton county, New Hampshire. We provided 1) 3,301 direct service hours providing supervised visits and exchanges and 2) 2,080 hours logged taking 3,318 case management calls from courts, lawyers, child protective services, domestic violence advocates, batterer interventionists, probation officers, therapists, gal's and casa's, and law enforcement as well as making referrals to organizations providing other support for the needs of our families. Emerge educates the public of its vital services to stop the problems in families that initially brought them to the court system. Emerge was also chosen as a primary partner with "futures without violence" to start a family violence prevention initiative in our local community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.8%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $204K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.