Families Through Adoption Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562589239
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6162429696
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,921
Expenses
$153,910
Assets
$34,728
Liabilities
$2,914

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENDA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT, BOARD OF DIRECT)
  • CHAR LANNING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD)

People named in this filing

  • BRENDA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT, BOARD OF DIRECT)
  • ABBIE LANNING (SECRETARY, BOARD OF DIRECT)
  • JEFF CZYZYK (TREASURER, BOARD OF DIRECT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Families through adoption, inc. (the organization"), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that will forster the formation of families through the adoption process. Families through adoption partners with adoptive families throughout the adoption journey: from the conception of the adoption plan through the children's independence. This partnership extends to all members of the adoption triad as well as other venues dedicated to uniting children and parents.

What it reported doing in 2024

Domestic and international home studies, education, post placement, problem id and referrals

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.8%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 3

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -107.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.8% of revenue deployed · 2.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.