Special Children Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391705428
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2018
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Elm Grove, WI, USA
Phone
2628212125
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,857
Expenses
$87,502
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN TEEVAN (PRESIDENT)
  • BETH PETERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN TEEVAN (PRESIDENT)
  • JUDY MATHISON (TREASURER)
  • BETH PETERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Special children, inc. Is a Wisconsin licensed child-placing agency incorporated to provide services to children in need of permanent families. The children's needs are paramount, followed by birth and adoptive families. In addition, special children seeks to support projects and programs dedicated to enhancing the lives of all children.

What it reported doing in 2018

In 2018, from january 1 through august 31, 2018, special children inc. Provided 6 new home studies for families, 5 home study updates, completed 18 post placement reports, completed 18 step parent adoptions, and worked with 3 birth mothers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -65.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -37.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.