We Care Services For Children

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946050466
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Concord, CA, USA
Phone
9256710777
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,625,938
Expenses
$4,600,218
Assets
$4,809,544
Liabilities
$1,481,130

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Peter Caldwell (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Peter Caldwell (Executive Director): $182,200 total reported compensation
  • Phuong Seltzer (Clinical Operations Manager): $140,951 total reported compensation
  • Erica Williamson (Director of Community Engagement): $137,289 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Through targeted, compassionate, and effective early intervention services, We Care Services helps young children and their families reach their full potential, regardless of their abilities or circumstances.

What it reported doing in 2024

We Care:* Provides programs that are flexible, accessible, and responsive to each family, while meeting the needs of the child.* Offers a range of choices based on collaboration between parents and professionals.* Respects and accommodates each family's individual feelings, uniqueness, culture, values and needs.(Continued on Schedule O)* Assesses the consumers and families we serve and to use their feedback to be the primary gauge of whether we are fulfilling our mission.* Develops, when it is feasible, new programs and services in response to our consumers and family's needs.* Forms collaborative relationships with our community partners.* Advocates on behalf of the children and families we serve at state and local levels.* Recognizes that the quality, motivation and performance of our employees is a key factor in achieving our success.* Acknowledges that our employees are valued assets of our agency, and we will strive to achieve an organizational structure and culture that promotes employee involvement, open communication, teamwork and cooperation.We Care Services For Children is a private, nonprofit agency devoted to serving early childhood and their families in Contra Costa County. Our approach emphasizes the development of the "whole child" by providing a variety of programs in Contra Costa County for special needs and typically developing children. We believe that early intervention and child development services are critical to ensure that young children are equipped with the skills they will need of start school and be ready to learn.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 79% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 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: 0.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.