Families Plus Inc C/o Ronnie Osterman

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521389967
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Frederick, MD, USA
Phone
3013186174
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,668
Expenses
$46,529
Assets
$6,135
Liabilities
$531

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RONNIE OSTERMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RONNIE OSTERMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY FOWLER (SECRETARY)
  • NANCY BOYD (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of families plus is to provide programs and support to educate, empower, and enrich the lives of frederick county families, individuals, and children.

What it reported doing in 2016

Safe kids program; a local coalition network dedicated to providing parents and caregivers with practical and proven resources to protect kids ages 1-18 from unintentional injuries. Safe kids works with an extensive network of more than 600 coalitions in the u.s. And in 23 countries to reduce traffic injuries, drownings, falls, burns, poisonings and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -105.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -57.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2016
  • 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: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.