Center for Family Representation
Center for Family Representation reported $23.7 million in revenue and $23.4 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $85.73 went to program services, $12.29 to management and general costs and $1.98 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 99.0% of the total. Government grants made up 94.3%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $259,065 (EXECUTIVE DI). 49 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 100% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $23MFor context, the median across 274 covered crime & legal-related charities: $87.85 programs, $11.30 management, $0.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $24M- Contributions & grants (non-government)$4.64 $1.1M
- Government grants$94.24 $22M
- Program service revenue$0.01 $1,600
- Investment income$1.11 $262K
Other revenue was negative: −$21,476. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 85.7% | 86.7% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 12.3% | 11.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 2.0% | 0.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.02 | $0.01 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 99.0% | 94.8% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 94.3% | 50.1% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $259,065 | $245,814 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 1.11% | 1.41% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 49 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 16 of 16 | 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
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseInterdisciplinary family defense teams:our mission is to defend the rights of families and prevent or minimize the time any child spends in the foster system. Most of our clients are low income black and brown parents. We defend more than 2300 parents annually and have defended nearly 14,000 parents since 2007 against charges of neglect or abuse in manhattan, queens, the bronx, and staten island family courts. Our successful model combines an attorney, a social worker, and a parent advocate-system impacted parents who have been impacted by the foster system. By combining legal and social work…
Youth defense practice: the same city agency that runs the foster system also runs the teenage incarceration system. We represent primarily black and brown youth who are criminally charged in family court or "youth parts" in queens, manhattan and the bronx with the same interdisciplinary model we bring to family defense. Our goal is to keep youth home, with their families to avoid the devastating impact of separation and incarceration
Community advocacy project (cap) 608,249: cap provides 'early defense' to parents facing a city investigation of maltreatment, with the goal of avoiding a court prosecution altogether and keeping families intact and connected to services. Cap also provides parents with representation to modify the state records that correspond to a family policing investigation; the records often prevent parents from seeking employment in fields where employers regularly check these records. When a parent's family defense case is dismissed or they have overcome challenges that lead to maltreatment charges…
Highest reported compensation
2024 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DI Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $218,158 | $0 | $40,907 | $259,065 |
| CHIEF OPERAT Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $201,597 | $0 | $11,576 | $213,173 |
| MANAGING DIR Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $158,980 | $0 | $34,772 | $193,752 |
| LITIGATION S Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $163,032 | $0 | $28,901 | $191,933 |
| LITIGATION D Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $159,251 | $0 | $28,489 | $187,740 |
| LITIGATION D Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $150,251 | $0 | $37,069 | $187,320 |
| MANAGING DIR Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $175,441 | $0 | $10,091 | $185,532 |
| SOCIAL WORK Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $146,861 | $0 | $36,875 | $183,736 |
49 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Center for Family Representation (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $1.1M (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
2024 · 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–1b16 · 16 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 5212
- Volunteers Part I, line 629
Private foundation grants it received
14 private foundations reported grants to Center for Family Representation totaling $711K 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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Questions people ask
How much of Center for Family Representation's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Center for Family Representation reported that 85.7% of its $23.4 million in expenses went to program services, 12.3% to management and general and 2.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Center for Family Representation pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Center for Family Representation reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $259,065, for the role of EXECUTIVE DI (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Center for Family Representation get its money?
Of $23.7 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 99.0% came from contributions and grants (including 94.3% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Center for Family Representation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 51-0419496 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
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202512129349300421 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202402649349300905 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202323049349300542 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202242239349302704 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202112809349301206 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202013219349314511 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 51-0419496: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.