Partnership for Children of Lincoln Gaston Counties Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311539832
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, NC, USA
Phone
7049220900
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,769,816
Expenses
$3,776,333
Assets
$276,643
Liabilities
$141,153

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN ANZOLA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN ANZOLA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $110,366 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 lead, advocate, and collaborate with others to insure the well-being of children, ages birth to five.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family support: includes community outreach, raising a reader(rar), lincoln county child advocacy center (lccac), and positive parenting (triple p) program. A total of 2491 free books were given to young children through the partnership's community outreach events. 275 books were purchased during fy 24-25 and added to the 290 books already in circulation, totaling 565 books loaned to 99 children on a rotating basis through 6 childcare facilities participating in the rar early literacy and family engagement activity. The lccac utilized forensic interviewers within a full-time position as part of a culturally compentent, multidisciplinary team providing services to 21 child victims and their non-offending caregivers (42). A full-time parent educator utilized triple p resources during individual and group parenting support (8 participants) and intensive court-ordered parenting group sessions (45 participants) to model developmentally appropriate parenting practices that support positive parent/child interactions. A total of 95 parents/caregivers received services through these family support programs. The partnership's dolly partons imagination library expansion account delivered 52,635 books to 4386 children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as 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: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $111.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th 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: 99.5%; rating input score 100; 39th 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; 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: 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: -0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 81 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 42 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.