Teen Parent Connection Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363387034
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
Phone
6307908433
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,125,412
Expenses
$1,989,464
Assets
$3,394,917
Liabilities
$407,719

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DORA PRAXEDIS (PRESIDENT)
  • AMY GIBSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTINE WARMAN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • BECKY BEILFUSS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BECKY BEILFUSS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $131,127 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 serve the community through education on the realities and responsibilities of teenage pregnancy and through long-term assistance to adolescent parents for their development of self esteem, parenting skills, and empowerment toward self-sufficiency.

What it reported doing in 2024

Home visiting services combines the strengths of healthy families dupage and doula services to provide comprehensive support for families. Healthy families dupage, a nationally recognized, evidence-based home visitation model developed by prevent child abuse america, aims to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect through intensive, individualized home visits that offer parents education on stress management, problem-solving skills, family health, child development, and guidance. Doula services support pregnant teens with home-based prenatal education and services to promote a healthy pregnancy and prepare for childbirth, offering information on prenatal care, identifying a medical home, and creating a birth plan. The doula provides continuous physical and emotional support during labor and delivery, and postpartum services continue for eight weeks, including education on postpartum depression, breastfeeding support, and newborn care. Additionally, the program includes childbirth education classes and prenatal groups covering labor stages, interventions, breastfeeding, and newborn care. Together, these services ensure healthy development and well being for both parents and children.young parent support groups encompass the principles of mutual support, parent leadership, and personal growth - which are proven in supporting the development of critical protective factors. Group educational units reinforce healthy parenting behaviors focusing on important topics such as child development, job readiness, money management, family nutrition, healthy relationships, family planning, stress management, and child guidance. Breakout sessions for young fathers focus on topics specifically related to their parenting role.the parents' pantry is an incentive-based program in which participants can shop for baby and personal items, including diapers, wipes, and formula, using coupons earned by participating in our programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - 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: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th 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: 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: 6.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.