Family & Children's Service of Greater Lynn Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042235959
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lynn, MA, USA
Phone
7815985517
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,019,307
Expenses
$1,386,737
Assets
$8,422,671
Liabilities
$149,385

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZOSIA VANMETER (PRESIDENT)
  • SELVIN CHAMBERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 4/24)
  • MAUREEN POMPEO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A/O 5/24)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAUREEN POMPEO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A/O 5/24): $91,789 total reported compensation
  • SELVIN CHAMBERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 4/24): $48,550 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 organization's mission is to strengthen the life skills of families, children, and individuals of all ages. This is accomplished through a range of preventive programs offered directly or in collaboration with the other organizations in our community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth development - f&cs (dba: lifescene) serves at risk and high-risk youth through several programs which provide recreational, educational and asset-building activities. Services are offered both on-site and through the local public schools and connect targeted youth with positive peer role models. Programs include: project success, which offers youth and young adults' workforce and career education experiences to help build their career and life skills, and provides youth, ages 1422, with an opportunity to learn about and explore a variety of potential job and career opportunities; and dph-prep pregnancy prevention initiatives and case management for high-risk youth ages 16-24 under the lynn community safety initiative (shannon). Youth programs use a curriculum approach to wellness and seek to address the challenges of our minority community, with a specific emphasis on reducing the incidence of early sexual behavior, drug or alcohol use, and other antisocial or capacity-limiting behavior.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 45%; rating input score 45
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th 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: 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.07; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 45% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $624K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.