Family Abuse Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742080943
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Waco, TX, USA
Phone
2547728999
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,461,784
Expenses
$2,356,757
Assets
$2,825,621
Liabilities
$107,634

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICHOLAS WERSE (PRESIDENT)
  • EMMANUEL ROLDAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • WHITNEY THOMAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • WHITNEY THOMAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $81,007 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The family abuse center exists to eliminate domestic violence in central Texas by sheltering victims of domestic violence and by preventing abuse from occurring through intervention and education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Permanent housing: family abuse center provides a permanent housing program for 13 individuals with disabilities fleeing domestic violence. Program participants are provided with various supportive services, including individual and group counseling, financial mentoring and computer classes.rapid rehousing program: family abuse center provides housing for 27 families fleeing domestic violence for a period of 6-12 months. Program participants are provided with various supportive services including job skills training, individual and group counseling, financial mentoring & computer classes.rental housing: family abuse center owns 1 rental houses that are leased to clients exiting from the emergency shelter or transitional housing program who still require some rental assitance because of income or disabilty. They continue to receive case management and other non-residential services. The leases are renewable on an annual basis as long as the rentor qualifies for the housing criteria.transitional housing: family abuse center provides a 12 month transitional housing program for 26 families fleeing domestic violence. Program participants are provided with various supportive services including job skills training, individual and group couseling, financial mentoring and computer classes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $37.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 4.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.