It Takes A Village to Help Our Children Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521781943
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Crisfield, MD, USA
Phone
4107490751
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Delinquency Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,164,509
Expenses
$900,233
Assets
$2,297,445
Liabilities
$74,868

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Albert Bell (Vice-President)
  • Vernel Cottman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Elmer Barkley (Director)
  • Marie H Billie (Director)
  • Tracey Cottman (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Building a better future for our children by providing activities designed to promote their spiritual, social, emotional and academic well-being.

What it reported doing in 2024

During calendar year 2024 our afterschool program, Project ROCKET concluded programming June 30 in 2 Somerset County MD locations - Crisfield & Princess Anne. ..... serving more than 60 at risk, kindergarten to 8th grade. 99% of our students were minority students, 98% qualified to receive Free and Reduced Meals, and 61% were reading below grade level. Our program focused on reclaiming academic and emotional learning loss which occurred during the pandemic. Project Rocket is a strong collaboration with the Virginia Space and Flight Academy to offer Stem programs including astronomy, rocketry, and robotics, as well as, improving literacy and math skills through evidenced based curriculum , I-Ready. In addition, Project Rocket includes social emotional learning sessions with evidenced based programs, Positive Action and Too Good for Drugs and Violence, as well as small group sessions with a licensed social worker. Services were provided Monday Friday and also included homework assistance, community service, recreation, field trips, parent outreach, and a hot meal each day for our students. Per our Performance Indicators, over the FY23 school year we provided 52 evidenced based programming sessions, and 80% of our students met criteria for regular attendance (30 or more programming days).

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.7%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 58.4%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.7% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $801K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.