The Frazer Center Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Since 1949, the frazer center has been providing exceptional services to young children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities such as down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders and other intellectual and developmental differences. Our programs provide therapeutic, educational and vocational services that help participants realize their full potential and live meaningful lives as fully included, contributing members of the community. Our three main programs are 1) an inclusive early childhood education program, 2) a vocational and therapeutic adult program, and 3) cator woolford gardens, an event space that subsidizes our services. The frazer center's early childhood education program provides high quality, inclusive child development services to families in metro atlanta. We work year-round with young children to enrich their early development, enhance their capacity to learn and succeed in school, and improve their long-term quality of life. We enroll up to 175 children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 5 years old, and serve another 25 to 30 children aged 5 to 7 years old in our inclusive summer camp and aftercare program. Twenty-one percent of our children have an identified disability or are at risk for developmental delays identified through research-based risk factors. Our curriculum is tailored to the unique abilities of all of the children enrolled. Our children with special needs benefit from being in a supportive and stimulating environment with instruction that addresses their individual developmental stages and with typically developing peers who serve as role models. Typically developing students learn from their peers with special needs, developing flexibility, empathy, and creative problem solving skills that equip them to thrive and lead in diverse environments. Through early intervention we address the children's social, educational, and developmental needs so that they are ready to succeed when they enter kindergarten. Our ultimate goal is to prepare all children to develop the skills that will enable them to be fully included in their future elementary schools.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: 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: -2.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings