Family Life Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800536303
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Wyandanch, NY, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$277,805
Expenses
$223,607
Assets
$63,114
Liabilities
$2,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANINE REYNOLDS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEANINE REYNOLDS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $10,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Flc focuses primarily&intensively on the social&educational development of children.to help support that development, we provide comprehensive, wrap-around programs that seek to improve the lives of children&their families in suffolk county.programs are free or little cost

What it reported doing in 2016

Homework help & the advantage afterschool programs serves 60-105 students a day by assisting them through the critical and difficult elementary, middle & high school years.the program trains & employs local high school students as counselors.girls who code program works to educate, inspire & equip high school girls with technology & engineering skills. Meets tuesdays & thursdasys throughout the school year.family life centers chorus-in partnership with usdan center for the creative&performing arts, children ages 5-12 receive voice instruction from a trained choral leader & piano accompanist.the choral program is held each tuesday and thursday at the wyandanch youth center.

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

STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $124.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: 19.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 80.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $211K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.