Nebraska Family Support Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470742925
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Omaha, NE, USA
Phone
4023450791
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$554,396
Expenses
$476,629
Assets
$288,995
Liabilities
$31,635

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY JO THOMPSON (PRESIDENT)
  • JERROD WHITE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EVE BLEYHL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • EVE BLEYHL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $56,527 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide support and advocacy to families of children. Build confidence in parents by providing the necessary tools for appropriate decisions and actions. Informing parents of their rights and to assist in problem resolution.

What it reported doing in 2019

In fiscal year 2019/20 nfsn provided direct peer support services to 338 families through our family navigator, family peer support and cfs peer mentoring programs. We attended 120 juvenile justice diversion hearings to provide support to parents/ youth. Our youth advocate served 76 youth in youth groups and peer mentoring. 267 parents and youth participated in our family events, support groups, focus groups education classes, wrap workshops and children's mental health awareness events.

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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $56.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $375K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $57K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.