Family Advocates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141768987
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Kingston, NY, USA
Phone
8453398080
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Interest Law

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,248
Expenses
$58,503
Assets
$68,315
Liabilities
$150

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSA LEE CHARPENTIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JASON PINCOUS (PRESIDENT)
  • MALCOLM CHESNEY (VICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • ROSA LEE CHARPENTIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JASON PINCOUS (PRESIDENT)
  • MALCOLM CHESNEY (VICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY)

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

To provide disabled and/or elderly individuals and families of disabled and/or elderly individuals with legal advocacy services to ensure full access to the laws, programs and other statutory entitlements available in New York state. To provide referral services, brief consultation and legal advice to individuals unable to access such services elsewhere to enable them to live independently in their home, community and families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family advocates, inc. Again worked with senior citizensthroughout the service area during 2024 and provided trainings, referrals, brief service and full representation of clients. The board of directors recruited several volunteer parents' advocate for provide peer counseling on special education issues. We continue work with and support other community-based programs that provide special education advocacy, doing outreach and training. Family advocates reported 398 open cases this year and provided 84 future care planning sessions to individuals and groups in columbia and ulster counties. Services included legal assistance covering public benefits, will preparation, advice on trusts & other questions of future care planning, housing, medical services, family, landlord-tenant and evictions. The board met on 4 separate occasions focusing on interviews with 2 possible candidates for joining family advocates, inc. As our next managing attorney as it is expected rosalee will retire at age 67. It is our intent to continue this search next year, with emphasis on finding an attorney for the position.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -57.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.