Tandem Family Resource Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411327946
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6128230301
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$530,882
Expenses
$452,076
Assets
$1,050,120
Liabilities
$401,127

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SAM SMITH (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINE KUBES (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIMBERLY RYNDERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTORCEO): $98,667 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To help women and children break the cycle of crisis and poverty. Through a comprehensive 360 approach we create opportunity for sustained success through crisis intervention, medical & mental health care, life skills education, transitional housing, and employment readiness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Pregnancy services include pregnancy tests ultrasounds, prenatal care from conception through postpartum, material assistance in the form of care packages that provide for all of the babies material needs for the first 3 months (see full list below), education in the area of pregnancy, baby development, labor and delivery, newborn and infant care and birthing classes. Supplemental doula support also available as needed. A total of 712 pregnancy services provided. Crisis care services include crisis inervention in the form of advocacy, mental health resources, material assistance in the form of food, clothing, formula, diapers, and essential supplies. In addition, our outreach programs provide winter coats, backpacks with school supplies as well as christmas gifts at christmas time. Crisis care is about providing suppoprt and meeting the basic needs of the family so that the parents can focus on advancement an stability. A total of 2818 crisis care services provided personal empowerment services include life coacing, parenting and life skills education, support groups, and workshops all for the purpose of equipping the families we serve with the tools needed to thrive. A total of 402 education and empowerment services were provided.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.4%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.4% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $293K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.