Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860769031
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Tucson, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5203229155
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,391,849
- Expenses
- $855,988
- Assets
- $6,233,631
- Liabilities
- $34,619
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANGELICA WEBER (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
- MELISSA RITCHEY (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- RICHARD THOMPSON (PAST PRESIDENT)
- SUPRIYA BAKSHI (PRESIDENT)
- LIZ MCCUSKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- LIZ MCCUSKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $88,592 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To create a community of acceptance and understanding for those grieving a serious medical condition or death.
What it reported doing in 2025
Grief support group for young adults: an ongoing grief support program specifically designed for young adults ages 18 through 29. The group meets twice a month and is facilitated by trained volunteers and coordinated by staff. The group provides young adults with a safe and supportive place where they can grieve the death of a loved one and meet others experiencing similar circumstances and issues. Support for families experiencing the death of their child (angels by your side)the agency continues to stay with families in the event their child's serious medical condition progresses. The agency's staff support specialists assist families in navigating the devastation of a failing prognosis, and when appropriate, offer age-specific support for the diagnosed child to work through the dying process. The agency professionals remain present with the family into the most difficult time imaginable, including the death of their child, and continue to provide individualized one on one bereavement services to all interested family members for a minimum of 18 months.support group for children who have a parent with cancer or other serious medical condition (cpc)the agency offers ongoing support groups for children and teenagers who have a parent diagnosed with cancer or other serious medical conditions. The agency provides a safe place where children, teens and parents can share their experiences in a caring, supportive environment. Families meet twice a month to take part in age appropriate support and activities for children ages 4 through 18 years of age. Concurrent support groups are offered for both the diagnosed parent and other parent or adult caregiver.community impact/education/intervention: recognizing that children and families going to tu nidito may not get the same type of grief support from their communities tu nidito trains teachers, counselors and community agencies and individuals on children and grief and provides tools for ongoing support and understanding. Tu nidito support specialists are also available to support our communities children in response to crisis siutations including the death of a student or faculty member through an in-depth intervention program. Opportunity youth: through a partnership with several community agencies, tu nidito provides closed session, typically 8 to 10 weeks, bereavement support groups for community youth - teens and young adults, 16-24 who otherwise would not be able to attend a support group at tu nidito.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $21.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 38.5%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.28; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $757K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.