Lena Pope Home Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

School and community based services (scbs)lena pope's school and community based services (scbs) are designed to give at-risk youth the skills needed to make successful choices and either keep them from becoming involved in delinquent behavior and/or prevent and disrupt their formal involvement in the juvenile justice or child welfare systems. Lena pope provides counseling, case management, and skill-building group services to youth and their families in tarrant, johnson, and parker counties. Many of these programs are provided in the homes and communities of the families they serve.the majority of services are provided through contracts with tarrant county juvenile services, Texas juvenile justice department, school districts, municipal law enforcement agencies and municipal court systems. Scbs works with a range of children and teens at all points of involvement with the juvenile justice system. These programs include a first offender program titled second opportunity for success (a registered trademark of lena pope) and an in-home evidence-based family counseling program called functional family therapy (fft). Second opportunity for success provides parent and youth skill building groups paired with three months of post group follow up services. Functional family therapy is a strengths-based and relational focused therapy that is tailored to each unique family and their diverse needs. The focus of fft is on learned skills to improve family functioning, working specifically on topics such as parenting, communication, problem solving, family negativity, and other behavior challenges. These programs served over 1,300 clients in fiscal year 2025. Additionally, lena pope partners with tarrant county juvenile services and fort worth independent school district to provide the juvenile justice alternative education program (jjaep). This program provides a unique educational alternative for at-risk youth and is designed to promote grade-level academic progress, improve school attendance and classroom behavior, and address other needs of youth and their families. This alternative education program provides a safe environment where students develop social skills and decision-making capabilities needed to be successful when they return to their home campuses. Jjaep promotes self-sufficiency and self-discipline as a healthy alternative to academic misconduct and criminal activity.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71.6%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.9; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings