Parents Defeating Autism Today

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264399623
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Crowley, TX, USA
Phone
8039954094
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,205,052
Expenses
$1,061,748
Assets
$856,491
Liabilities
$30,259

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Boultinghouse (CEO)
  • Tricia Conrad (President)
  • Angie Fanning (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Lisa Boultinghouse (CEO): $61,086 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To deliver lifelong support for the well-being of the special needs community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Xcel served 19 school aged 6-17 special needs participants with relatively low support needs. Xcel is an alternative to traditional school offering the structure routine core subject study and enrichments of traditional schooling in a smaller sensory friendly atmosphere to help participants reach their highest academic and social potential. Xcel is designed to fit the participant rather than trying to get the participant to fit the institution.

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 90% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.1%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 51.2%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th 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: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 11.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.1% of revenue deployed · 51.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $544K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 46 of 47 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.