Prevent Child Abuse California

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942860387
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
North Highlands, CA, USA
Phone
9162441900
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,889,715
Expenses
$3,963,135
Assets
$1,696,965
Liabilities
$3,288,595

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANAY EUSTACE (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • JANAY EUSTACE (PRESIDENT &): $292,960 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE BIEGLER (CPO): $177,195 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS (POLICY DIREC): $133,785 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 mission of prevent child abuse California is to reduce child abuse and neglect.

What it reported doing in 2024

Prevent abuse through home visitation: prevent abuse through home visitation (path), in partnership with county first 5 commissions and community based service sites, enrolled americorps members to provide parenting education through evidence-based home visitation models. Path provided family strengthening services in areas such as food securty and health education to ensure they had concrete supports in times of need. First 5 service corps: first 5 service corps partnered with county first 5 commissions and community based service sites to improve the social, emotional, literacy, and math skills of economically disadvantaged children during their first five years of life. The primary outcome is to prepare children to be ready to learn when they enter school. Services include child development skills building through home visits, family resource center groups, and classrooms. Prevent child abuse California serves as the intermediary under contract to the California children & families foundation. Training: prevent child abuse California trained americorps members serving in the first 5 service corps, foster youth initiative, and prevent abuse through home visitation programs. The required trainings ensure members acquire the skills and competencies necessary to effectively serve parents, children, youth, and families and foster a commitment to national service. Trainings include, but are not limited to, mandated child abuse reporting, boundaries and confidentiality, casey life skills, academic support, nurturing parenting, protective factors, early literacy, math and financial literacy, social-cognitive skills and child/youth development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.94; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $293K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $108K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.