Foothills Caring Corps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264341807
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Carefree, AZ, USA
Phone
4804881105
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,407,061
Expenses
$1,320,442
Assets
$1,281,086
Liabilities
$3,683

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brent Downs (Executive Director)
  • Cynthia Driskell (Vice President)
  • Susan Dymoke (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Brent Downs (Executive Director): $116,140 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We provide a range of services to improve the lives of senior and disabled Neighbors and promote care, safety, and community inclusion in everyday life, allowing them to thrive as they age in place.

What it reported doing in 2024

Transportation Programs - 1. Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Volunteers drive their own vehicles to transport and personally accompany FCC Neighbors to and/or from dialysis, cancer treatment, physical therapy, and other medical and dental appointments making sure that each Neighbor arrives back home safe and sound. 2. Wheel Safe: With additional PASS training, certified FCC Volunteers drive or may serve as an assistant in one of the 6 wheelchair accessible vans to safely transport and transfer FCC Neighbors who have special wheelchair accessible transportation needs to and from non-emergency medical appointments. 3. Recreational Van Program: FCC Volunteers drive and accompany Neighbors in groups to shop at grocery stores and local food bank, as well as transport and support them at scheduled social outings, including fitness/exercise classes, educational programs, wellness, and a wide variety of community events to help fight social isolation and promote a sense of community. FCC operates and is responsible for the maintenance and safety of a fleet of 9 van vehicles, 8 of which were acquired with partial funding under the Section 5310 Federal Grant Program. Six of the vehicles are wheelchair accessible. Each van is driven by a volunteer driver and accompanied by volunteer assistants as necessary. The recreational van trips are posted monthly in the special FCC Van Calendar mailed digitally and via USPS to all FCC Neighbors interested in the Program. During the FYE 6/30/2025, 5,731 Non-Emergency Medical Trips and 3,713 Recreational Van Trips were provided.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd 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: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.