Partnership for Children of Cumberland County Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Health & safety - the family connects program, in conjunction with carolina community collaborative care, served cumberland county eligible births that occurred at cape fear regional medical center. From july 1, 2024 to june 30, 2025, 1,630 families completed the program, which included up to 12 weeks of support, and received newborn home visits. Additionally, 633 participants received baby bundles as incentives for completing the program. Nurses and supporting staff made referrals for services to 453 parents, and 351 used at least one of the service referrals, resulting in a parent use of service rate of 77%.family support - the kaleidoscope play and learn program served 129 children and 93 caregivers through facilitated playgroups in various community settings. In collaboration with the united way, 11,647 children birth through age 5 in cumberland county received monthly age-appropriate books through the dolly parton's imagination library program. Children averaged 44 months in the program from initial enrollment, and bilingual spanish/english books were provided monthly for the first time this year.the partnership provided services to 826 parents/guardians to increase their knowledge in identifying quality child care by providing best practice child care consultation grounded in a parental choice model; 301 parents/guardians received child care referrals. Community collaboration - community engagement outreach had 73 outreach events, 57 community presentations, and participated in 76 external meetings addressing early childhood indicators during fiscal year 2024-2025. The largest community event, little land: big play for families, included over 1,500 children and families. Through the community engagement and development (ced) program, the partnership leveraged 71 community volunteers contributing 659 hours, valued at $20,149.program support, coordination, and evaluation - program management activities included conducting on-site fiscal and programmatic monitoring of all funded projects, as well as the ongoing coordination of projects and activities, to determine if short-term and long-term goals were being achieved. The partnership for children supported 9 in-house and external direct service providers through on-site monitoring visits, planning sessions, in-service consultations, and an intensive support system for several programs. In addition, the partnership supported multiple counties with one or more of the following shared services: multi-partnership accounting and contracting (mac) services, region 5 child care resource and referral, evaluation and monitoring, and information technology services. The partnership's information technology services provided reliable and affordable technology services for early childhood organizations to enhance or improve the services provided to families and children in the community.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
• Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 76.4%; rating input score 76; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 63.2%; rating input score 63; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • 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: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings