The Family Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133910716
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7182301379
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,849,037
Expenses
$6,486,837
Assets
$3,864,592
Liabilities
$1,503,099

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IVY GAMBLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JAN HUDIS (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOAN SALMON (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • IVY GAMBLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $205,558 total reported compensation
  • JOAN SALMON (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $174,933 total reported compensation
  • JAN HUDIS (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See schedule o

What it reported doing in 2024

Legal services: tfc provides a range of legal services for terminally-ill parents and new caregivers including non-contested custody and guardianship proceedings, advanced directives and entitlements advocacy. For HIV+ individuals, tfc's legal department additionally offers legal consultation and/or representation on a range of legal issues including uncontested and contested family law proceedings, housing, home care, discrimination, consumer finance and breach of confidentiality, provided that the individual's need for legal counsel is directly related to his/her HIV status. Legal representation is provided through direct representation, brief advice and counsel and legal clinics and workshops. (continued on schedule o) future care planning: tfc provides future care planning (permanency planning) and family law services for clients. We assist with guardianship for both minor children and disabled adults, child custody visitation, adoption, child and spousal support and paternity.advanced directives: tfc works to give clients peace of mind and the ability to face the worst with dignity. We assist clients in executing standby guardianships, wills, powers of attorney, living wills and health care proxies. Public benefits - tfc assists clients in accessing public benefits to ensure that parents can provide for children, grandchildren and dependent adults. We provide income maintenance representation on issues such as food stamps, medicare/medicaid, hasa benefits and supplemental security income and social security disability benefits. Housing: tfc assists clients in maintaining safe and secure housing. We represent them in housing nonpayment, holdover, succession matters and repair cases.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • 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: 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: -10.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 77.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $206K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $671K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.