The Childrens Haven Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582563473
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Canton, GA, USA
Phone
7703453274
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,416,631
Expenses
$1,167,318
Assets
$1,602,618
Liabilities
$147,237

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARCIE SMITH (Executive Dir.): $86,615 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 promote the health and happiness of children impacted by abuse. We are committed to building successful children by providing programs that ensure their safety, advocate on their behalf and respond to meet their needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

CASA Program: To move children out of foster care and into safe, permanent families through reunification, adoption, or guardianship.545 children were served by 184 volunteer advocates.Who donated nearly 10,000 hours of service and drove 63,480 miles to advocate for children they serve.37 new child advocates were trained.WellStar Family Visitation Center: To help children maintain bonded attachments while safeguarding their safety and comfort, Provided 1,000 safe, supervised visits.Provided 100 visits for families in Family Treatment Court.Provided 382 hours of like skills coaching.Provided 650 hours of parent coaching.Caregiver Support Program: To give concrete support to the families that foster children in need of a safe home, Provided clothing, toiletries, books, shoes, toys and other needed items to foster families through the Caregivers Closet.Assisted with holiday, birthday, and special occasion gifts for children in foster.Connected families to resources as needed.Prevent Child Abuse Cherokee: To emphasize prevention right from the start to ensure child abuse and neglect never occur, Worked to raise awareness and provide community education around child abuse prevention.122 children and 73 parents served with in-home parent education.Provided 812 home visits. 97% of participants successfully avoided foster care involvement.Services provided in both English and Spanish.Chin Up Mentoring Program: A site-based mentorship program designed to foster life-changing relationships through life skills classes and intentional interactions,49 students paired with a mentor.20% of mentees successfully completed court-ordered participation and opted to stay in Chin Up on their own.Majority of students in the program showed improvement in either school attendance, behavior, communication and/or social skills.Other worthy mentionable from the year: Facilitated Juvenile Court Stakeholders meetings.Participated in numerous community events to raise awareness and offer support for families in need.CASA Program was recognized as Program of the Year by Georgia CASA.

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. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th 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: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.