The Villages

Overview

Mission

Our Mission To support families and communities to build brighter futures for children, youth, and those who care for them. Our Vision. There are times when the best option for a child is to be adopted by a family member, a kinship relative (defined as someone bonded with the child but not biologically related), or a stepparent. These adoptions can provide a significant sense of security and permanency for the child, formalizing an existing bond. The Villages supports these adoptions through services including home study completions, background checks, and answering questions along the way. Timeline and Benefits Families can typically complete the necessary paperwork and home study process within two to four months. The time necessary to finalize the adoption will vary by attorney, so contact them directly to discuss their t.

Operating model

Revenue model

Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 76
• Transparency & Controls: 85
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 40
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $27.9M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $268K · 30 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $640K reported
• Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
• 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.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.