Turnaround for Children Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061495529
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6467866200
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$112
Expenses
$339,167
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIGID AHERN (PRESIDENT & CEO, DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ALLEN BLUE (DIRECTOR)
  • PAMELA CANTOR MD (DIRECTOR & FOUNDER)
  • LASHAWN CHATMON (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Turnaround for children advances key insights from educator practice, scientific research and student experience so that together we can create equitable learning environments settings that affirm the strengths, meet the needs and fully develop the abilities of each and every young person.

What it reported doing in 2024

Research and development: students who used the well-being index, designed and developed by turnaround, reported they enjoyed reflecting on their feeling and functioning through the self-assessment and felt more self-aware and safer in schools as a result. Educators reported that they appreciated the tool as a conversation starter between teachers and students, where students could share freely without judgment. Building educator capacity: educators reported that their experiences in turnaround's professional learning offerings would improve their practices, that they would recommend turnaround's services to their colleagues, and that they would be interested in deepening or continuing their learning by exploring more tools and resources intended to enhance their knowledge in the science of learning and development and whole-child design.mobilizing the educational ecosystem: turnaround worked to create the conditions for whole-child education to take root nationwide, reaching audiences across the nation with tools and resources to support adoption and implementation of whole-child design by way of webinars, blogs, academic publications and reports, magazine articles, conference sessions, podcasts, presentations to associations and national organizations, multimedia campaigns, and through participation in coalitions, task forces, and other collaborative partnerships. Turnaround's founder and senior science advisor pamela cantor, m.d. Testified on social and emotional learning and whole-child approaches in k-12 education to the u.s. House appropriations committee.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 5%; rating input score 5
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -302,727.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.