Florida Independence Training & Education Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264155794
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9545304686
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Foster Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,959,373
Expenses
$7,126,281
Assets
$4,009,363
Liabilities
$3,829,399

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINE FREDERICK (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 05/25))
  • KRISTINA DASILVA (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 08/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTINE FREDERICK (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 05/25)): $104,937 total reported compensation
  • KRISTINA DASILVA (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 08/25)): $99,457 total reported compensation
  • CARA MALAVE (CPO/CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $74,411 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission is to be a central resource that prepares youth to lead successful lives after aging out of foster care.

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide education, employment, and housing services to the transitional independent living youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.96; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.5% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 16 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $355K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.