The Family Tree Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521110645
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4108892300
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,865,560
Expenses
$5,172,214
Assets
$10,221,131
Liabilities
$332,746

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEIL M MELTZER (TFT PRESIDENT, LBH CEO/PRESIDENT)
  • ADAM ROSENBERG (TFT DIRECTOR, CFH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • STACEY BROWN (TFT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • NEIL M MELTZER (TFT PRESIDENT, LBH CEO/PRESIDENT): $4,111,501 total reported compensation
  • LESLIE R SIMMONS (TFT DIRECTOR, LBH EVP/COO): $2,078,988 total reported compensation
  • DAVID H KRAJEWSKI (TFT VP/TREASURER, LBH EVP/CFO): $1,986,680 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 family tree, inc. (organization) leads Maryland in preventing child abuse, connects caring communities, and builds strong families to improve society for generations. The organization educates and empowers parents to help them make good decisions when raising their families - the ultimate result is to help children. More than 22,000 people receive help through evidence-based programs and parenting classes each year. In addition, the organization provides professional trainings, community education, and advocacy for legislation that prevents child abuse and neglect. The organization is a 4-star rated charity by charity navigator and the Maryland chapter of prevent child abuse america.

What it reported doing in 2024

Parenting & community education programs the family tree offers a range of programs for parents and the broader community, including parenting and anger management classes, family life workshops, and community and professional training and technical assistance. Free child care kids care plus (kcp) provides free, licensed drop-in childcare for children ages two to twelve, offering up to four hours of care per visit in a safe and nurturing environment. Home visiting the family tree provides three evidence-based home visiting models that meet families where they are and support healthy child development from pregnancy through early childhood. These models include family connects Maryland, a brief 1 to 3 visit home visiting program for new parents; parents as teachers, which partners with families to promote healthy development and early learning through age five; and healthy families america, an early intervention and prevention program providing intensive home visiting support to families facing higher risk, prenatally until a child's third birthday baltimore city child care resource center the baltimore city child care resource center (bcccrc) strengthens early childhood systems by providing training, technical assistance, and hands-on support to child care programs - helping ensure that baltimore city's children are cared for in safe, stable, and high-quality learning environments.

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 93% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.5%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 68.9%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.5% of revenue deployed · 68.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4.1M · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 46 of 46 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 51 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.