Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042457298
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Lancaster, MA, USA
Phone
9783657376
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,407,853
Expenses
$12,922,937
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL W AMES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • JOHN TUELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NRC)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL W AMES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $374,016 total reported compensation
  • LISA HARRINGTON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $182,648 total reported compensation
  • JOHN TUELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NRC): $165,880 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The robert f. Kennedy children's action corps is a non-partisan, nonprofit, licensed child welfare agency established in 1969 as a living memorial to the late senator, robert kennedy, who was passionate about children. We are committed to robert f. Kennedy's legacy of unwavering responsibility to the poor and disadvantaged. Rfk children's action corps advocates for children and embraces all social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds in order to build healthier families, more responsible citizens, safer communities and a more just society for all.

What it reported doing in 2021

South hadley treatment program for girls - provides secure treatment services to girls between the ages of 11 and 21 who have been adjudicated delinquent by the courts and have been remanded to the departments of youth services, the commonwealth of Massachusetts juvenile justice agency.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 71% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 10.3%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.1% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $11.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $374K · 38 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $800K reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.