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Cayuga Home for Children

Auburn, NY · EIN 15-0532087 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 (tax year 2023) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Cayuga Home for Children reported $120.3 million in revenue and $145.0 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $84.06 went to program services, $15.89 to management and general costs and $0.05 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 64.8% of the total. Government grants made up 64.6%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $756,557 (PREVIOUS PRESIDENT & CEO). 43 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 26% between FY2020 and FY2024. Source: Form 990, FY2024.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $145M

For context, the median across 3,614 covered human services charities: $88.27 programs, $11.52 management, $0.21 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $120M

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2024 filing. Median across 3,614 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
MeasureFY2024Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
84.1%87.2%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
15.9%11.4%
Fundraising
Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)
0.0%0.2%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions
Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h
$0.00$0.02
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
64.8%20.6%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
64.6%2.4%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
34.2%70.8%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$756,557$274,992
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
0.52%1.18%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
436
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
-0.66.9
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
20 of 20100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense
$78M expenses · 64.4% of program spending

The unaccompanied children's program is operated under contract with the federal office of refugee resettlement (orr). The program operated up to 400 and 500 transitional foster care beds for unaccompanied children who are in federal custody for the years ended june 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Typically, youth are in this program for 14 to 60 days, during which time they receive physical and mental health screenings, assessments and care, tutoring, and skills training. In addition, case management services arrange for the children to be released to sponsors by finding and qualifying…

$22M expenses · 18.2% of program spending · revenue $19M

The tffc program places at-risk youth into homes with highly trained and motivated foster families. This is a cost effective alternative to group or residential treatment, incarceration, or hospitalization. This program is especially beneficial for adolescents who are particularly challenged by a group setting. Cayuga centers operates tffc in multiple locations. Tffc programming is based in central new york and accepts youth placed by county departments of social services. Enhanced family foster care (effc) is in the bronx, new york and accepts youth placed by new york city's administration…

$19M expenses · 15.3% of program spending · revenue $18M

Home and community-based treatment and support interventions consist of home and community-based therapeutic interventions designed to prevent the need for counties to remove children and place them in out-of-home care. Hcbts core programs are as follows: the family resiliency programs are family strengthening programs with a successful track record of helping families remain intact. These programs offer a variety of home-based and supportive programs in cayuga and ontario counties under contract with the county department of social services. Programs offered under the family resiliency…

$2.6M all other programs (line 4d)

Highest reported compensation

FY2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
PREVIOUS PRESIDENT & CEO
Officer, 45.00 hrs/week
$700,127$0$56,430$756,557
HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$506,358$0$50,899$557,257
PREVIOUS CFO
Officer, 45.00 hrs/week
$482,822$0$47,301$530,123
PREVIOUS COO
Officer, 45.00 hrs/week
$422,266$0$39,582$461,848
HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$428,622$0$4,742$433,364
HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$396,673$0$32,203$428,876
HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$377,824$0$32,035$409,859
HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$358,608$0$34,103$392,711

43 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Cayuga Home for Children (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $1.8M (Part IX, line 5).

5 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked
RevenueExpenses
$0$50M$100M$150M$200MFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024$120M$145M
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
FY2024 ⓘ$120M$145M84.1%−$7.6M$756,557
FY2023 ⓘ$145M$149M83.5%$17M$667,718
FY2022 ⓘ$119M$118M85.2%$21M$549,966
FY2021 ⓘ$92M$87M86.2%$20M$446,002
FY2020 ⓘ$95M$83M88.2%$15M$376,198

Governance answers, as filed

FY2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means
  • Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b20 · 20 independent
  • Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
  • Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
  • Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
  • Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
  • Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
  • Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
  • Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
  • Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
  • Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
  • Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
  • Employees Part I, line 51,487
  • Volunteers Part I, line 620

Largest outside contractors

FY2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only
DMJ CONTRACTORS ON THE PARK LLC
Security/maintenance
$5,199,985
EAGLE CONSULTING SERVICES LLC
Medical consulting
$3,261,400
SAFE VISION FAMILY PROGRAM INC
Psych consulting
$1,233,800
KOSTELANETZ LLP
Legal
$446,417
ABSALOM INC
Tech consulting
$240,000

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 11 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Private foundation grants it received

3 private foundations reported grants to Cayuga Home for Children totaling $5,836 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Cayuga Home for Children's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Cayuga Home for Children, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Cayuga Home for Children's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, Cayuga Home for Children reported that 84.1% of its $145.0 million in expenses went to program services, 15.9% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Cayuga Home for Children pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Cayuga Home for Children reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 was $756,557, for the role of PREVIOUS PRESIDENT & CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Cayuga Home for Children get its money?

Of $120.3 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, 64.8% came from contributions and grants (including 64.6% from government grants) and 34.2% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Cayuga Home for Children a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 15-0532087 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

  • FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202620749349300407 · read the filing · XML
  • FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202440859349300314 · read the filing
  • FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202320329349300232 · read the filing
  • FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202133569349300028 · read the filing
  • FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202110119349300346 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 15-0532087: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.