Southside Family Nurturing Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411274177
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6127212762
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,161,983
Expenses
$1,325,317
Assets
$2,394,006
Liabilities
$278,441

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE ELLEFSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MIGHTY CONSULTING MICHELLE (CHALMERS, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOY SHEALER ORSON-CHAIRINTERIM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JULIE ELLEFSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $202,282 total reported compensation
  • MIGHTY CONSULTING MICHELLE (CHALMERS, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $13,943 total reported compensation
  • JOY SHEALER ORSON-CHAIRINTERIM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $6,752 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ssfnc delivers a dual generation service model including licensed parent aware and naeyc accredited therapeutic early childhood education, and intensive, family support and home visiting services to (continued on schedule o)families at risk in the phillips community of south minneapolis, Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2024

Early childhood education/center based services: ssfnc is licensed for 29 toddlers and preschoolers in our therapeutic early learning environment, operating five half days per week. We utilize the highscope and amaze curricula, two nationally renowned early childhood education programs proven to help disadvantaged preschoolers achieve their full potential. Ssfnc children learn to resolve conflicts and to identify and express their feelings. Children receive significant one-on-one teacher time, as our teacher to child ratio is never more than 1:5. Children with identified needs receive play therapy, music therapy, (continued on schedule o)speech therapy, and occupational therapy during their school day at ssfnc. Every child enrolled at ssfnc receives 742 hours/year of therapeutic early childhood education, and those needing additional therapeutic support receive up to 70 hours of individual and group therapy services each year. Children maintain steady attendance and long-term program engagement facilitated by free, daily bus transportation for all enrolled children. Children consume healthy, nutritious breakfast and lunches, prepared from scratch on-site at ssfnc. Whole grain, fresh fruit and vegetables, and legume-based menus with low to moderate animal based servings/week. Our food program exceeds federal school based lunch program guidelines.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 67.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $900K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $202K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.