Family and Community Education & Support Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237419884
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7205709333
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$292,431
Expenses
$423,038
Assets
$5,662
Liabilities
$2,447

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH STONEKING (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RITA HARDING (EXECUTIVE DI): $69,013 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Preventing child abuse, neglect and family violence.

What it reported doing in 2015

The mission of faces is to prevent child abuse, neglect and family violence. The goals of the faces home visitation program and parenting classes are to increase family protective factors and minimize risk factors related to child maltreatment. The home visitation program consists of a flexible array of therapeutic counseling, parenting education, and child-focused interventions that are strength-based and support the family in their goals to nurture and protect their children. Case management and family advocacy services focus on connecting clients to other important services that can support them in maintaining a healthy family. The parenting classes are designed to be conducted in a variety of settings, with a curriculum of parenting and personal growth topics and session duration adjusted to the needs of the parents\providers. The home visitation program and parenting classes serve families with children living in the metro denver area. 90% of families served are living below the federal poverty guidelines, with 70% of families living on less than 15,000 per year. In 2016, the home visitation program served 127 parents and 173 children in 98 families. In the same year, there were 6 parenting classes conducted in a variety of community locations for a total of 6 unduplicated participants. In 2016, the families that discharged from services, received eight or more visits, and completed pre-post test measurements had the following outcomes: 82% strengthened family self-determination and parental empowerment; 100% increased parenting knowledge and strengthened the parent-child relationship; 80% improved parental stress management skills; and 80% demonstrated improvement in overall family functioning.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 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: -44.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $347K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2015
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.