Family Intervention Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222368489
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
East Orange, NJ, USA
Phone
9732751570
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hot Line, Crisis Intervention Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,533,226
Expenses
$5,089,670
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANNE WARNOCK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEANNE WARNOCK (PRESIDENT): $489,333 total reported compensation
  • KAREN JOHNSON (EVPM): $134,446 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA LAMY (VP): $128,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote the positive growth, development, and well being of children, families and communities.

What it reported doing in 2019

Fis provides in home crisis intervention to families 24 hours, 7 days a week for up to 8 weeks and referrals for longer treatment when necessary. Our goal is to stabilize crises, keep families intact and together, and to provide the parenting and life skills necessary for families to successfully raise their children. In our most recent outcomes report, 89% of families receiving our mobile response services reported successful resolution of their crisis and 96% of the families were highly satisfied with the respect and support they received from fis. Fis provides an immediate in person response to family crisis through mobile response and crisis intervention 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week. Families are connected to our counseling services and/or behavioral assistance at home or in a convenient location. In addition, we link families in need to additional community resources and educational support groups. All services are free of charge. Fis staff reflect the diversity of the cultures of the communities they serve including speaking their primary language.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.4%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.4% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $489K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.