Judi's House Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Judi's house is the only organization in metro denver devoted solely to supporting grieving children and their families with research-based care. Since its founding in 2002, judi's house has provided comprehensive grief care to more than 16,000 bereaved children and caregivers - at no cost to families. Jag institute, also named in memory of judith ann griese, is a national center of excellence that provides groundbreaking research, education, and training. Judi's house values prevention and early intervention and believes that all bereaved children should have access to appropriate grief support. Judi's house and jag institute promote healthy adjustment in grieving children and families through three core initiatives: direct service, evaluation and research, and training and education. As part of our direct service initiative, the comprehensive grief care (cgc) model developed and evaluated at judi's house is an effective, trauma- and grief-informed approach to care that integrates knowledge drawn from a collaboration of community, practice, and research partners. Our training and education initiative cultivates community capacity through the development of the cgc network, which includes professionals, caregivers, and communities trained and education using the cgc approach to support grieving youth and families. The evaluation and research initiative advances the field of childhood bereavement by developing tools and resources for professionals and informing research-based best practices and standards of care. Using this approach, we can support the whole child, family, and community in managing the immediate and long-term emotional and behavioral difficulties that can accompany childhood bereavement. Judi's house has been able to create a successful track record by being thoughtful in our approach toward growth, while incorporating thee core values of compassion, courage, accountability, and respect as our guiding principles.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
• Program expense ratio: 61.4%; rating input score 61
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -4.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.08; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings