The Warren Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 751282040
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Richardson, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9724909055
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,967,792
- Expenses
- $9,612,986
- Assets
- $4,004,190
- Liabilities
- $2,186,369
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMY SPAWN (CEO)
- JOHN WARREN (Vice President)
- CLETE MADDEN (President)
- CHRIS HOLM (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- AMY SPAWN (CEO): $121,046 total reported compensation
- BRANDY LINDSEY (COO): $116,667 total reported compensation
- PAM RUATTA (CPO): $116,666 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Every day, The Warren Center provides professional evaluations, therapy services and support to children and families impacted with developmental delays and disabilities. Advocating, serving and empowering our clients has been at the heart of our nonprofit agency since it was formed over fifty years ago. What began as a way for parents to have access to resources their children needed, is now a place of hope and support that thousands of families have received.
What it reported doing in 2024
Typically, over 3,500 families each year depend on The Warren Center to be "first responders" that offer early detection and intervention strategies for their children as well as needed help and guidance for any and all family needs. The Warren Center provides assessments for children birth to 5 years of age to determine the needs of each individual child. Therapy is tailored to each childs needs, as no two children are the same. We serve our clients needs through the following programs and services: EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION (ECI) This program serves children from birth to three years old who have delays or disabilities in communication, cognition, social/emotional, adaptive/self-help, feeding or gross/fine motor skills. Individual therapy is provided in the childs natural environment with an emphasis on parent coaching, education, and partnering with the family to provide individualized therapeutic strategies within the context of everyday routines. In addition to therapy services, every family is provided education and guidance on community resources and training on how to be the best advocate for their child. We serve the entire North Dallas County area which includes 48 zip codes in North Dallas, Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch, Garland, Irving, Park Cities, Richardson, Rowlett, Sachse, and Wylie. In fiscal year 2025 we served 3,007 children, providing 35,492 therapy hours, 3,205 evaluation hours, and over 4,094 hours of additional help and guidance. Our program outcomes show noteworthy success, with 100% of our children showing significant progress in using appropriate behaviors to meet needs, 99% acquiring knowledge and skills, and 99% displaying positive social/emotional skills.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: 3.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 29 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $333K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.