Partnership for Children of Johnston County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562063680
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Selma, NC, USA
Phone
9192020002
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,677,882
Expenses
$4,677,915
Assets
$644,217
Liabilities
$90,547

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Candace Scott (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Candace Scott (Executive Director): $120,958 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Partnership effectively utilizes a multitude of resources to ensure that Johnston's youngest residents and their families receive educational, health, and emotional support services, preparing children for lifelong success.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family Resource Center is a community-based family engagement initiative that offers access to a variety of support services to families with young children. Staff work with families to identify needs and provide support or referrals to programs and services which support one or more of the five protective factors: 1) Concrete Support in Times of Need 2) Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development 3) Parental Resilience 4) Social and Emotional Competence in Children and 5) Social Connections/Peer Supports. The following supports are offered based on their individual needs: 1) Family navigation (assisting families with accessing services and supports), 2) Developmental assessments to educate families on developmental milestones and make referrals for services, 3) The Discovery Room for open play and for families and children to meet for social support, 4) One-time parenting classes on a variety of topics, 5) Child passenger safety education, which may include provision of car seats and 6) A Parent Connection Newsletter to educate families about child development issues and community resources. 405 families served, 67 families with 92 children attended open play, 385 SWYCs (Survey of Well-being of Young Children) completed, 155 referrals made with 87% of families using at least 1 referral, 51 car seats distributed, 1355 packs of diapers distributed serving 355 children

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.

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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $141.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 68.4%; rating input score 68; 11th 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: Pass
    • 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: -0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 19 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 17 filed program accomplishments · $4.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.