Father Flanagans Boys Home
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Changing the way America cares for children and families.
- Income
- $8.9 million
- Spending
- $8.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 76%
- Reserves
- 0.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 50%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 12
- Highest pay
- $187,288, president/executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 51 out of 100.
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.5 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 61% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1576% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 95 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 259 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $2.9 million spent. In-Home Family Services program creates a positive environment where children are safe, and where caregivers know how to serve as positive role models and nurturers and can provide for their familys personal and material needs. In many cases, a child is in danger of being removed from the home. Services are delivered to families in their own homes by trained family consultants who help parents build on their strengths and enhance or learn new parenting skills. Family consultants also teach family members how to create a safe, nurturing home for children, and how to use support resources to help them solve problems on their own. Treatment focuses on helping the whole family so children can stay in the home and parents can become better caregivers. The length and intensity of treatment depend on the familys needs and how likely it is that a child will have to be placed outside the home. Consultants and family members work together to develop individualized family service plans. In-Home Family Services can also be utilized to assist with reunification if a child has been removed from their home. In-Home Family Services is a six to eight week, intensive in-home program that focuses on keeping families together. A family consultant spends up to 20 hours a week in a familys home and community to help parents provide a safe, healthy home for their children. Family consultants are on call 24-7, and they focus on building family strengths, helping a family to become self-sufficient, and improving parenting. Consultants also link families to helpful community resources.
- $2.6 million spent. Community Support Services include Care Coordination Services, Primary Project, Parent Child Plus Program, and Common Sense Parenting. Care Coordination Services provide intensive case-management services for families in or approaching crisis situations. Trained consultants work with local service agencies to help families build and maintain family stability, develop parenting skills, and access community resources. Care Coordination Services program provides a lifeline to children suffering from mental health issues by ensuring they receive the right care at the right time. In this intensive, family centered case management program, consultants help parents and caregivers navigate, access, and monitor the services their children need. Primary Project is an evidence-based program developed by the Childrens Institute. The goals of the program are to improve school adjustment and enhance childrens social and emotional well-being. Parent Child Plus Program is an evidence-based early childhood literacy, parenting, and school readiness program. Through intensive home visiting, trained paraprofessionals work with families who have not had access to education and economic opportunities and assist them in preparing children for academic success. Common Sense Parenting is a practical, skill-based parenting program that can be applied to every family. The programs logical strategies and easy-to-learn techniques address issues of communication, discipline, decision-making, relationships, self-control, and school success.
- $1.1 million spent. Outpatient Behavioral Health offers outpatient services to children of all ages who have serious emotional or behavioral problems, as well as family therapy. The clinic offers children and families a wide range of specialized services including psychoeducation, psychological testing, counseling, individual and family therapy. Staff actively works to coordinate care with the familys primary care physician, schoolteachers, and others to provide a comprehensive, inclusive approach that ensures long-term success.
- Program Service Expenses 204,189, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 56,461 LIFT Together with Boys Town has been defined as a multi-component, community-based prevention intervention that uses Boys Towns family and school-based programs to generate community-wide impact. Boys Town partners with schools to provide wraparound programs such as In-Home Family Services, Care Coordination Services, Well-Managed Schools, and a School Support Specialist SSS. Well-Managed Schools WMS is a systematic school-based intervention that assists schools in creating a positive school culture by providing tools and strategies for classroom behavior management, student social skill development, and staff-student relationship-building. The School is supported in implementing WMS at their campus by receiving in-depth training, as well as quarterly class observations, school-wide data collections and one-on-one staff coaching. The SSS works to decrease negative behaviors and increase positive behaviors in the school. The SSS accomplishes this by utilizing the Boys Town WMS model as well as other behavior intervention techniques developed by Boys Town.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2003.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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