Quality Care for Children

What it reported doing in 2024

Child care resource and referral service - to educate parents and assist them in finding affordable quality care and to offer training and technical assistance to child care providers in metro atlanta, northeast Georgia, and northwest Georgia. Qcc serves as the child care resource and referral (ccr&r) agency for three of Georgia's six regions established by Georgia's department of early care and learning (decal). In 2025, qcc helped 298 child care providers earn quality rated designation. We also provided individualized coaching to 1,165 programs, reaching classrooms serving 82,516 children. Business support services - we help child care providers operate sustainably with our suite of business support services. Available support includes; leadership training, personalized coaching, child care automation software, mini-grants for hardware, back office administrative and financial services, and access to administrative resources and negotiated discounts through our provider resource hub. Over 200 child care programs received no-cost business coaching to strengthen sustainability and financial health. Helping parents with tools and resources - in addition to supporting child care providers, qcc helps Georgia parents with parenting tools and resources, including child care scholarships. Qcc's boost child care tuition assistance program provides financial assistance with the cost of child care for some families, depending on available funding and our philanthropic partners' guidelines. Last year, 504 children received $2.7m in boost child care scholarships while their families worked to resolve short-term emergency crises or reach long-term goals, such as finding gainful employment or completing undergraduate studies. We also helped 370 families access critical public benefits as a Georgia gateway partner.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 98.9%; rating input score 99
• Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: $40.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings