Stillwater Children's Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161415435
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5852567500
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,143,308
Expenses
$4,004,217
Assets
$1,573,612
Liabilities
$655,338

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIA CRISTALLI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • MICHELLE BELGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CENTRAL REGION)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIA CRISTALLI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $331,427 total reported compensation
  • JAMES DEMER (PSYCHIATRIST): $151,893 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE BELGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CENTRAL REGION): $133,956 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Stillwater children's center operates a residential child care treatment facility in greene, ny. Services include intensive child care services, clinical, recreational and psychological services for severely emotionally disturbed children in need.

What it reported doing in 2018

Institution co-ed supervised residence for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents - provides services to seriously emotionally disturbed children. Services included individual and group counseling, recreational therapy, providing clothing and nutritional meals in a nationally-accredited high-quality, caring environment. Medical services provided include in-house psychiatric, psychological and medical services as well as diagnosis, monitoring and transporting to outside providers working within a wide spectrum of medical specialties.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 89
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $331K · 12 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $233K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.