The Urban Child Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581514037
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Memphis, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9015239199
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,044,822
- Expenses
- $6,706,605
- Assets
- $133,203,433
- Liabilities
- $3,293,060
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Trey Eubanks MD (BOARD MEMBER): $772,200 total reported compensation
- Terri Finkel (BOARD MEMBER): $714,485 total reported compensation
- GARY SHORB (EXECUTUVE DIRECTOR): $400,440 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 urban child institute is dedicated to promoting the education, health, and well-being of young children in shelby county.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Urban Child Institute is dedicated to promoting the education, health, and well-being of young children in Shelby County. The Institute strives to be a recognized leader in child advocacy, a trustworthy community partner and a source of advice and support for like-minded organizations. UCI staff made presentations and lead discussions regarding children's health, social and emotional development. UCI staff served as participants and leaders in a variety of child related coalitions that have as a goal bringing community groups with similar interests together in order that they might share experiences, gain insight into what others are doing and potentially develop collaborative projects. In 2024, UCI funded numerous not for profits in Shelby County that have a focus on early childhood. UCI also provided funding to designated (by charter) support organizations: LeBonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the University of Memphis. In addition, Porter Leath, the major provider of Early Head Start services was granted funds for their early childhood initiatives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 46.2%; rating input score 46; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: 44.3%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.86; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $772K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 54 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 52 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 46/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.