The Dunbar Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650216826
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Hobe Sound, FL, USA
Phone
7725450644
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Day Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$201,872
Expenses
$379,053
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SALLY AUER ZUNINO (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • BORDEN WALKER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • WENDY REYNOSO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LYNDA PAQUETTE (FISCAL MANAGER): $29,423 total reported compensation
  • WENDY REYNOSO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $16,538 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dunbar provides quality care and education for infants and children 6 weeks to 5 years old for families at or below poverty level in the banner lake community and surrounding neighborhoods.

What it reported doing in 2022

Dunbar currently services children on a year-round basis, from 7:30am to 6pm. With 8 classrooms, the children are divided by age with appropriate teacher/child ratios, from infant care to pre-kindergarten programs. Breakfast, lunch and a snack are served every day. Several industry standard performance measurements are in place to evaluate program impact, faculty performance, child development, and parent involvement. Dunbar recognizes that early learning occurs in relationship, with the most important being the parent-child. Dunbar families receive one-on-one care and support through daily meetings, parent/teacher conferences, parent workshops (most recently on the impact of early literacy), family holiday celebrations, and resources to help them navigate the various social services offerings. It also maintained accreditation in the national associate for education of young children and maintains its gold seal from the department of children and family services office of child care regulation.

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.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -87.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $362K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.