Wonderland Child & Family Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910890276
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Shoreline, WA, USA
Phone
2063643777
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,710,532
Expenses
$10,026,160
Assets
$10,480,499
Liabilities
$1,755,992

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT CORNISH (PRESIDENT)
  • BARRETT RODGERS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARY KIRCHOFF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO)
  • ALEXANDRA LUNDY (VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARY KIRCHOFF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO): $247,018 total reported compensation
  • ALEXANDRA LUNDY (VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS): $154,696 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY DUTTON (SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $146,821 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wonderland provides a strong and equitable foundation for children and their families with diverse needs and abilities to flourish through therapy, education, advocacy, and resources. We strive to serve more kids every day and serve them better than ever before.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hope rising clinic (hrc): hope rising clinic provides specialized, multidisciplinary care for children ages 3-13 impacted by prenatal substance exposure (pse) and related neurodevelopmental conditions, along with education and support for their caregivers. Unlike esit, hrc receives limited state funding to cover a small portion of services. The clinic relies on modest insurance reimbursement and philanthropic investment to cover the remaining cost of care. Because insurance typically covers only a fraction of the total cost, a significant gap remains, bridged through grants and the family care fund to ensure families can access services regardless of financial barriers. Continued philanthropic support is essential to sustain clinical services, expand caregiver and professional education programs, and increase access for families who would otherwise be unable to receive care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 14.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $247K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.