EVOLVE Adoption & Family Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411296959
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Stillwater, MN, USA
Phone
6514392446
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,532,249
Expenses
$2,337,514
Assets
$1,169,034
Liabilities
$171,892

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Susannah Barnes (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Susannah Barnes (Executive Director): $117,467 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To achieve a world where everyone has nurturing, permanent, and supportive familial relationships by providing a full breadth of inclusive, ethical programming in: adoption, foster care, pregnancy support, youth services, cultural support and education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adoption Services and Related: EVOLVE's programs include the Minnesota Adoption Permanency Program (MAPP), focusing on the adoption of children in the foster care system, with an emphasis on older youth and teens, large sibling groups and children with special needs. We also provide ethical private adoption programming in domestic infant open adoption, and home study and post-placement services for families who are adopting internationally. We conduct thorough home studies to ensure that the families are safe and prepared to support the children and youth that will be in their care. We also provide individual and group training and classes that educate families on trauma informed care, the impacts of abuse, neglect, orphanage care, and supporting children's culture, beliefs, identity, emotional, physical, and behavioral needs. We provide Post-Adoption Services, which includes short term case management support for families in need after permanency, as well as assistance to adult adoptees in search and records retrieval. In Pregnancy Services we provide free, non-coercive and non-directive support to individuals and couples experiencing unplanned pregnancy. This includes all options: counseling, assistance with applying for medical assistance, provision of infant care items, parenting education and support, referrals to resources for housing, chemical dependency and mental health services, resource connection for termination support and aftercare, voluntary open adoption planning and placement services, and post-natal/post-adoption counseling and support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th 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; 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: 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: 7.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.