Enough Abuse Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042276809
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6177428555
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$514,904
Expenses
$569,547
Assets
$869,426
Liabilities
$200,573

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETH MCARDLE ESQ (VICE PRESIDENT FOR BOARD N)
  • JONATHAN ELLMAN ESQ (PRESIDENT)
  • JETTA BERNIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JETTA BERNIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $111,208 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See part i, line 1.

What it reported doing in 2025

Enough abuse is the nation's oldest citizen-based child advocacy organization with a six-decade history of improving the lives of vulnerable children. Our mission is to prevent child maltreatment in all its forms. A national leader in the movement to end child sexual abuse since 2002, our enough abuse campaign educates parents and the public; trains professionals in schools, youth organizations and communities; and advocates for laws and policies in the states aimed at preventing child sexual abuse in the first place. Our children's justice campaign works with survivors and policymakers across the country to press for laws to secure justice for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and to hold individuals and enabling institutions accountable for sexual crimes against children.our in person and online training courses on child sexual abuse prevention have been completed by 17,000 school administrators, teachers, coaches, counselors and other employees in 170 schools in 12 states.our webinars, briefings and bi-monthly state policy exchange meetings have provided information and technical assistance on child sexual abuse prevention legislation and policies to over 300 advocates in 37 states.our pledge to prevent online campaign educates and engages citizens to take specific actions to prevent child sexual abuse in their homes and communities. Our billboards in times square, los angeles, miami, boston and franklin county, ma generated over 3 million impressions.our enough abuse websites generated over 1,566,070 unique visitors and 4,375,031 page views from 2021-2025. We have 15,000 individual subscribers to our newsletters and 10,000 followers on social media.

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 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $460K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.