Family Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710679767
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
5013757000
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Right to Life

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,216,355
Expenses
$1,454,612
Assets
$1,511,078
Liabilities
$65,003

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JERRY COX (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JERRY COX (PRESIDENT): $121,922 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We promote, protect, and strengthen traditional family values by standing for a biblical worldview. We blend the time-honored principles of the bible with sound scientific research to shape public policy and influence public opinion so that both are aligned with morally sound, socially responsible, and economically conservative principles.

What it reported doing in 2025

We promote, protect, and strengthen traditional family values by providing educational information on public policies and shaping public opinion from a christian worldview. Our ministry is founded on the belief that we should love and care for our neighbors and we are moved by our sincerely held religious beliefs that god has established unchanging moral absolutes and truth. We promote these moral absolutes and truth in the public arena. We educate policymakers and community leaders on how to respect innocent human life, how to follow the first amendment protection of religious liberty, and how to craft marriage policies that align with our judeo-christian faith and heritage. In addition, we inform leaders about the long-term impact of expanding gambling or legalizing illegal drugs. We speak in churches and civic clubs, conduct media interviews, and participate in public forums as a means of educating the public and shaping public opinion. We inform the public about the stabilizing influence of the nuclear family, the economic impact of family breakdown, and how to establish a more stable society.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -19.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.8% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.