Families Living Violence Free

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371483053
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oxford, NC, USA
Phone
9196935700
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hot Line, Crisis Intervention Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$378,538
Expenses
$342,282
Assets
$236,991
Liabilities
$76

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jacqueline vdH Sergent (President)
  • Gail Birdsong (Vice President)
  • Juanita Currin (President)
  • Jessica Laws (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Amy Langston (Executive Dir.): $43,333 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 empower families to live safe, non-violent lives by providing supportive services that reaffirm the right to quality of life and basic human dignity, and to advocate for victims and survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault through collaboration, community education, and training.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Organization provides comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in Granville County. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 the Organization served 102 clients and provided 25,342 minutes of direct services. The Organization also responded to 785 hotline and service calls, totaling 114,622 minutes. Services included crisis intervention, safety planning, court and hospital advocacy, and referrals for shelter and legal assistance.The Organization conducted 45 outreach and prevention events, totaling 305.47 hours, and reached 1,737 individuals. The Organization also expanded awareness through media and publication outreach efforts, as well as a billboard campaign along US Highway 85, generating an estimated 8,00012,000 daily impressions (approximately 2.9 to 4.3 million annually).The Organization maintained bilingual services and strengthened partnerships with law enforcement, healthcare providers, and other community organizations to support a coordinated response to violence. Operational enhancements included improved data tracking, staff training, and program development, aligning with the Victims of Crime Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, and Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative priorities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $32.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $242K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.