Turning Points for Children
Turning Points for Children reported $18.4 million in revenue and $25.2 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $76.48 went to program services, $22.25 to management and general costs and $1.27 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 96.9% of the total. Government grants made up 94.7%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $196,819 (SR. Dir of Finance PAST). Revenue fell 68% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $25MFor 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, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $18MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 76.5% | 87.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 22.2% | 11.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 96.9% | 20.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 94.7% | 2.4% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 70.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $196,819 | $274,992 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.78% | 1.18% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 12.7 | 6.9 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 8 of 10 | 100.0% |
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
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseCommunity umbrella agency ("cua") - under which Turning Points is a supervisory conduit for dhs funding to social service providers within the 15th (cua 3), 16th and 19th (cua 10), 35th and 39th (cua 5), and 12th, 18th and 77th (cua 9) police districts of philadelphia. Tpfc assumed control of cuas 5 and 10 on january 1, 2018. As a cua, Turning Points is responsible for providing its own services and the services of subcontractors to children and youth within those police districts. Turning Points is responsible for the safety, well-being and permanency of over 6,000 children and their…
Resource parent/foster care: resource parent/foster care program provides safe and healthy homes for over 700 children in philadelphia. Sometimes, it becomes necessary to remove a child from their family while issues related to child abuse and neglect are addressed. When this happens, a Turning Points case manager works closely with the biological and foster family, relative caregivers, dhs, the courts and other agencies to help the family address its challenges and reunify the child with the biological family as soon as possible. When that is not possible, Turning Points works to find…
Yv lifeset: yv lifeset program provides transition services to young adults ages 17-22, who have aged out of the foster care, juvenile justice and mental health systems, or who would otherwise find themselves without the skills and resources to live successfully at this critical junction in their young lives. The program model provides a proven level of intense case management in that the yvlifeset specialists are available to the young adults 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They make a minimum of one face-to-face contact per week with the youth at the youth's home, job or wherever is most…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR. Dir of Finance PAST Highest compensated employee, 37.5 hrs/week | $0 | $196,819 | $0 | $196,819 |
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Director/trustee, officer, 37.5 hrs/week | $0 | $162,814 | $21,416 | $184,230 |
| DEPUTY DIRECTOR Director/trustee, officer, 37.5 hrs/week | $0 | $158,896 | $11,054 | $169,950 |
| SENIOR CONTROLLER Highest compensated employee, 37.5 hrs/week | $0 | $126,041 | $0 | $126,041 |
| Dir of Org Performance Highest compensated employee, 37.5 hrs/week | $0 | $108,186 | $0 | $108,186 |
| Director of Older Youth Servic Highest compensated employee, 37.5 hrs/week | $0 | $101,313 | $0 | $101,313 |
0 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Turning Points for Children (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $321K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · 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–1b10 · 8 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14No
- 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 5Yes
- 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 50
- Volunteers Part I, line 6170
Private foundation grants it received
22 private foundations reported grants to Turning Points for Children totaling $502K 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.
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Every number above is copied from Turning Points 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 Turning Points for Children, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Questions people ask
How much of Turning Points for Children's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Turning Points for Children reported that 76.5% of its $25.2 million in expenses went to program services, 22.2% to management and general and 1.3% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Turning Points for Children pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Turning Points for Children reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $196,819, for the role of SR. Dir of Finance PAST (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Turning Points for Children get its money?
Of $18.4 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 96.9% came from contributions and grants (including 94.7% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Turning Points for Children a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 23-1352272 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202611359349316976 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202541359349316974 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202411369349307926 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (amended), object 202400829349300210 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202241329349308454 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202141329349300419 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 23-1352272: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.