Trillium Family Solutions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
340714399
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2012
Location
Canton, OH, USA
Phone
3305889700
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Family Counseling

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,397,390
Expenses
$3,377,013
Assets
$4,002,376
Liabilities
$3,321,543

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Trillium family solutions provides counseling, support and assistance to care for people and strengthen families.

What it reported doing in 2012

Trillium family solutions provides various other key program services to help fulfill their mission. Other key program services offered by the organization include: eldercare services (adult protective services and guardianship) - trillium services include the adult protective services of conducting investigations of reported abuse, neglect and/or expoitation of seniors. Trillium guardianship services provides court appointed legal guardians for adults and seniors who are unable to make necessary decisions to protect themselves. Family involvement coordinators - as a part of a community collaboration known as care team (comprised of teachers, administrators and community agencies), trillium works in a school-based enviroment to provide academic, social, emotional, and behavioral support to help students overcome barriers to learning through the use of para-professional staff. Deaf community support - trillium provides assistance to enhance the communication between the deaf, hard of hearing and hearing communities. Services include interpreting services, special equipment services and support services. Economic, education & empowerment programs - trillium offers services that assist individuals and families to increase their financial literacy and knowledge. Trillium links households to the ways to work family loan program which focuses on the elimination of barriers to employment while giving the opportunity to improve credit. Trillium offers assistance with applying for federal and state benefit programs as well as providing free income tax services. Through starkworks, trillium offers a holistic approach to eliminating poverty through a network of services designed to help overcome the barriers to stable, long term employment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 63% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -40.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -57.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.