Joyful Connections

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261512723
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Port Clinton, OH, USA
Phone
5672623181
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protection Against Abuse

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,663
Expenses
$207,946
Assets
$230,344
Liabilities
$1,910

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • BETH GILLMAN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JODI REGAL (BOARD MEMBER)
  • SHERRI BOURNE (BOARD MEMBER)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Joyful connections is dedicated to providing a healthy, safe and home-like environment where families can interact with one another without fear or threat, providing for the exchange of children in an environment that is safe and free from conflict, and building partnerships within the community that will support the needs of the families it serves.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2024, joyful connections had 553 supervised visitations and 22 supervised exchanges for families located in ottawa county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 36.4%; rating input score 36

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -64.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 36.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.