The Family Connection of St Joseph County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351187695
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
South Bend, IN, USA
Phone
5742379740
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$447,900
Expenses
$526,183
Assets
$619,499
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAM CHIPMAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEPHANIE HOOKS (CO-DIRECTOR): $73,037 total reported compensation
  • BETH O'CONNOR (CO-DIRECTOR): $62,445 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the family connection is to foster excellence in community sytems that serve children and families: most significant activities center around improving quality in early childhood programs and elementary schools throughout our community

What it reported doing in 2024

Conducted 90 assessments measuring quality for teachers and program directors in childcare centers, homes, ministries, and preschools (including one-on-one feedback); 163 assessments for head start teachers. Conducted 28 walk throughs in spanish speaking childcare homes. Provided scholarship assistance for 120 hours of highscope curriculum training for 1 pre-k teacher. Provided individualized teacher coaching offering program materials that support quality improvement. Provided 120 hours of high scope curriculum training for early head start and head start teachers, 38 participants. Provided 120 hours of high scope curriculum training for spanish speaking child care providers, 28 participants. Held workshops on topics like; what is the weather like at your program? For program directors, so you chose a vocabulary word, now what?, messy play inside and outside, infant toddler books that count, make and take for planning & recall time , for ecap teachers. Cor clinic, exploring small group time offered in spanish. Held workshops on child development, planning & recall, small group time, transitions, solving conflict with the message board for the early head start and head start programs. Conducted several training series (lunch and learn style). Tell(the early literacy lab), 10 participants, building belonging, 11 participants and math lab, 8 participants. Started new quality leadership institute cohort, 10 attendees. Provided in-service trainings for over 20 individual early childhood programs. Provided preschool highscope lite for 43 new teachers. Held new teacher academy bi-monthly for 32 preschool/infant toddler teachers. Presented a kdi,(key developmental indicator) series for infant toddler teachers, 11 participants. Presented 2 workshops at high scope international conference; about 40 participants each. Presented 3 workshops at st. Mary's early childhood conference; about 20 participants each. Added 17 new literacy connection activity sheets to our collection for all community participants in imagination library.

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $496K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.