Fraser
Legal name: Fraser Child and Family Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411781580
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Richfield, MN, USA
- Phone
- 612-767-7222
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,075,400
- Expenses
- $71,373,698
- Assets
- $10,243,171
- Liabilities
- $1,787,394
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DIANE CROSS (CEO/SECRETARY/VICE CHAIR)
Highest reported compensation
- DIANE CROSS (CEO/SECRETARY/VICE CHAIR): $565,768 total reported compensation
- JAMES OLSON (EVP/CFO): $300,709 total reported compensation
- ELIF MCCAIN (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER): $210,968 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
| 2019 | Fraser Bloomington expanded and renovated; Fraser Richfield renovated Fraser Sensory Certification launched | | 2020 | Early Beginnings Telehealth launched | | 2021 | Opened first Fraser Autism Center of Excellence Satellite location in Maple Grove, MN, for ABA intensive services Expanded Day Treatment Rooms at Fraser Richfield, decreased Fraser School footprint by 2 rooms Renovated the former Fireplace building at the MN State Fair and opened the Fraser Sensory Building, with education and supports for families Opened second and third Fraser Autism Center of Excellence Satellite locations in Eden Prairie and Brooklyn Center for ABA intensive services. |.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fraser autisim center of excellence - provides evaluation and treatment services for children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. The long-range goal of this program is to maximize each child's developmental potential while improving the child's functioning in family, school and community environments. Goals for children participating in the program include improved communication, interaction, adaptive coping and learning skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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: 89
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 45th 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: -0.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $71.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $566K · 26 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- 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 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.