Families First Indiana Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 350877572
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3176345050
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,474,427
- Expenses
- $2,308,164
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID SILER (PRESIDENT/CEO TO JAN 2021)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID SILER (PRESIDENT/CEO TO JAN 2021): $91,276 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Helping our community through life's challenges and changes. Family first provides mental health counseling, education, crisis intervention, and other support for people who need help dealing with issues that are tough to tackle alone.
What it reported doing in 2021
Domestic violence education & support and sexual assault survivor counseling & advocacy - more than 2,400 men, women & children were provided services to prevent or eliminate domestic violence & sexual assault. Children who have witnessed domestic violence participated in groups to address the effects of chronic stress & trauma. Men & women who are offenders were served with batter's intervention groups where they learned the cycle of violence, precipitating factors, violence avoidance planning & alternative ways of dealing with conflict. Survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual abuse participate in educational support groups where they learn about the cause & effect of violence in relationships, safety, self-esteem & the characteristic of healthy relationships. Many participants were assisted in navigating the legal & court system to obtain protective orders & other relief. Families first is the only certified agency in central Indiana serving all family members affected by domestic violence-offenders, survivors, children & secondary victims with separate individualized and group services that target the needs of each family member.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.2%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 63.1%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: $31.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.2% of revenue deployed · 63.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.