Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470793765
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4024763200
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,542,968
Expenses
$3,356,783
Assets
$11,359,812
Liabilities
$415,325

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHANIE ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PAIGE PIPER (EXECUTIVE DI): $123,518 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To empower child victims through specialized services that address the physical, mental and emotional aspects of abuse. To promote safety and resilience for children and families through community education and partnerships.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bravebe child advocacy center unites multiple agencies who respond to child abuse through a public/private partnership. We provide high quality direct services to children under one roof. We have both a proactive and reactive response to child abuse through customized training and direct care services for the duration of a case. Prevention services include evidence-based curriculums offered to both children and adults through school-based intervention, community training, and ongoing education for partner agencies. In 2025, bravebe provided prevention services to 2,541 youth; 8,026 adults; for a total of 10,567 individuals. Talking about abuse is hard, especially for a child struggling to understand the abuse in the first place. Bravebe follows evidence-based protocols to address this issue by providing intervention after disclosure. Bravebe services allow children to tell their story and be heard, recognize and determine if there are physical or mental health concerns and develop strong relationships with a trauma-trained advocate who can provide support and referrals to meet the needs of the child and their non-offending caregivers. Direct services provided to victims of child abuse in 17 counties in southeast Nebraska include forensic interviews (1,123 in 2025); medical evaluations (453 in 2025); on-going advocacy (18,709 sessions in 2025); court school; referrals for mental health services (459 in 2025); case coordination (294 interagency meetings facilitated), and through our team response to anti-trafficking & child exploitation (trace) program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 67.4%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.38; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 67.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.