Liberty Resources Family Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900418115
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3154251004
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,036,556
Expenses
$1,017,964
Assets
$622,849
Liabilities
$62,206

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARL M COYLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CARL M COYLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $134,019 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Liberty resources family services provides programs and services that promote successful family life and preserve, strengthen, and support families by providing family counseling and other community based services intended to meet the needs of families and their children/youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Texas family services provides evidence-based and data-driven services to at-risk youth and families throughout Texas. Services include multi-systemic therapy (mst), placement diversion / family reunification program (pd/frp) services, and partners assuring school success (pass) services. Mst is designed for youth, ages 12-17, with complex clinical, social, and educational barriers to success. Delivered in homes, neighborhoods, schools, and communities by master's level professionals, mst addresses the multiple factors known to be related to delinquency. The program goal is to prevent placement and maintain the youth in the home and community. Pd/frp services are designed to serve at risk youth and families. Pd/frp is an outcome data-driven program with its foundation in the evidence-based structural family therapy model. Placement diversion serves youth who are assessed to be at risk of out-of-home placement due to assessed emotional, behavioral, and familial barriers to success. Family reunification services support the transition of youth from placement back into the family, school, and community. The goal of both programs is to increase youth success by focusing on family functioning and positive parenting behaviors. Pass (partners assuring school success) services are designed to assist youth identified as at-risk for school failure and involvement in the juvenile justice system due to truancy, academic ahievement, and behaviors interfering with school success. The model uses collaborative treatment teams identified by the youth and family, along with task-centered case management, to improve academic outcomes. These programs provided services to 135 youth and families in 2024. Texas family services supported 12.25 fte's, providing both directand administrative services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $880K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.