Family Connections Centers

What it reported doing in 2024

Family connections centers (fcc)provides community-driven multilingual education and support programs to ensure children and families can thrive. We envision a connected equitable community where every child and family can access the education and resources they need. Fcc s early childhood education inludes facilitated child-parent playgrops (0-4 years) and licensed pre-k programs. Teachers help children and caregivers grow together and build the foundation for young learners to succeed. For children in grades kindergarten through 5th we offer daily summer and after-school programs. Homework club and summer academic enrichment emphasize literacy science math engineering computer skills and social-emotional development through academic support and extracurricular activities. Fcc s multilingual family support programs help families increase the stability in their lives and provide parents/caregivers with the education and resources they need. Cont in sch o. Educational services our education programs provide vital high quality early childhood education and supplemental prgrams for children in preschool and grades k-5. Hundreds of children participated in our education programming including our family pre-school readiness program for 3-4 year olds our licensed pre-k our aftershool homework club for children in k-5th grades and our summer academic enrichment program. Healthy connections we work collaboratevely with local populations to identity relevant needs and solutions including the special health and wellness needs of preganant mothers and parents/caregivers of infants and young children. By working with parents/caregiers during the first years of children s lives in a culturally sensitive and community inclusive way fcc alleviates the stressors that frequently impair child development while providing opportunities for families to build strong homes in which to raise healthy children. Hundreds of participants were served through a variety of healthy connections programs including disease prevention workshops and clinics exercise classes healthy eating nutrition and cooking classes peer-support activities and more.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 54.7%; rating input score 55
• Program expense ratio: 60.1%; rating input score 60
• Fundraising efficiency: $32.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd 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: 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: 9.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings