Family Matters of Greater Washington Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530208258
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025361420
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,946,374
Expenses
$8,267,923
Assets
$18,026,279
Liabilities
$8,737,001

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONYA J SMALLWOOD (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • THOMAS L JOHNSON (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • CHERI SANZI (FORMER DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TONYA J SMALLWOOD (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO): $359,467 total reported compensation
  • FELTON MAGEE (FORMER CFO): $184,767 total reported compensation
  • CHERI SANZI (FORMER DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $169,303 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a broad spectrum of services & support capabilities for children, teenagers, families & seniors who are vulnerable, in need & under-served. Services touch every aspect of the life-span, since people at every age matter services begin in...see schedule ocontinuation...childhood with foster care for youth who have been abused or neglected & a residential program for teen mothers & their babies. At camp moss hollow, the organization offered youth development programs in a natural setting. Mental health programs offer affordable, individual, group & family counseling for people of all ages struggling with emotional or psychological difficulties. Division of aging services programs focus on the elderly.

What it reported doing in 2017

Mental health: since 1943, the organization has provided counseling services to the residents of the greater Washington, dc area experiencing mental and behavioral health issues. The organization is committed to providing high-quality, low-cost mental health services through individual, group, and family counseling, school-based counseling, medication management, psychiatric evaluations, domestic violence and anger management services, crisis management, community support services, integrative mental and primary care services, and intensive community support services for children. The organization provides specialty services for a wide range of population of all ages the organization assists children who have experienced various traumas, including neglect, abuse, the difficulty of multiple... See schedule o continuation of mental health...family separations, and those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. The organization also gives support to seniors suffering from depression, loneliness, and despair. The organization offers group and individual counseling to adults suffering from anxiety, depression, and a wide range of mental health issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -67.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.18; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 54.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $359K · 19 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $504K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.