Lifespan Family Services of PA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452372563
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Punxsutawney, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8149384408
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Foster Care
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,345,844
- Expenses
- $4,458,278
- Assets
- $3,494,035
- Liabilities
- $533,510
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Richard Alexander (Board Member)
- Ken Cirolli (Board Member)
- Dustin Bingaman MSW (Chairman)
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
Our organization is dedicated to providing foster care services for children and adolescents from birth through age 21. We recruit, train, and support foster parents to ensure a safe, nurturing environment in which to thrive. In addition to foster care, we offer a range of adoption services. These include family evaluations, approval processing, and specialized training to prepare adoptive families for successful placement. Our goal is to create stable, loving homes for children whether temporarily or permanently.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our adoption program serves children who are in the custody of county children and youth agencies. We support and expedite permanency planning, helping children find stable, loving, and permanent homes as quickly and safely as possible. Currently ouradoption services include: Family Profiles: Assessments of prospective adoptive families to ensure appropriate matches.Child Profiles: Descriptions that highlight each childs strengths, needs, and personality to support effective matching.Child-Specific Recruitment: Targeted efforts to identify families that meet the unique needs of individual children.Child Preparation: Age-appropriate support and guidance to help children understand and transition into adoption.Placement: Coordination and support throughout the transition from foster care to an adoptive home.Adoption Finalization: Assistance with processes to complete the adoption.Post-Permanency Services: Ongoing support for adoptive families for long-term stability and success.Through these services, we are committed to achieving permanency for every child in our care while providing families with the tools and support they need throughout the adoption journey.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.