Transformations by Austin Angels
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272087142
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7372101903
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,383,642
- Expenses
- $2,478,269
- Assets
- $3,348,465
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN RAMIREZ (CEO)
- AMANDA TEODECKI (President)
Highest reported compensation
- SUSAN RAMIREZ (CEO): $90,193 total reported compensation
- SARA HALE (Secretary): $56,878 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 austin angels mission is to walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.
What it reported doing in 2024
The austin angel love box program provides consistent, community-driven, and holistic support to families and children (caregivers, children in foster care & biological/adopted children) who are experiencing foster care. Dedicated groups of volunteers are matched with foster families in their local community, building resilient support systems. Volunteers meet with their families at least once a month for a minimum of one year. Through this monthly intentional care, encouragement, and relationship building, caregivers have reported feeling more supported and empowered, while children have experienced increased stability, self confidence, and a greater sense of normalcy.in 2024, the austin angels love box program was able to serve 117 families and 367 children, providing crucial emotional and practical support and offering them a stronger sense of place and safety. 515 children were served during back to school. 382 children and 139 families were served during the holidays. 460 children and youth were served throughout the year during one-time events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.4%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.8%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.4% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 19 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.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.