It Takes a Village to Help Our Children Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Building a better future for our children by providing activities designed to promote their spiritual, social, emotional and academic well-being.
- Income
- $2.2 million
- Spending
- $900,233
- Spent on programs
- 89%
- Reserves
- 10.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 96%
- Employees
- 44
- Volunteers
- 12
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
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 79% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 3% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 58% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 138% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1589% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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: 94 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 12 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.
Independent check of accounts
9 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
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 (3)
- $295,646 spent. During calendar year 2024 our afterschool program, Project ROCKET concluded programming June 30 in 2 Somerset County MD locations - Crisfield & Princess Anne. ..... serving more than 60 at risk, kindergarten to 8th grade. 99% of our students were minority students, 98% qualified to receive Free and Reduced Meals, and 61% were reading below grade level. Our program focused on reclaiming academic and emotional learning loss which occurred during the pandemic. Project Rocket is a strong collaboration with the Virginia Space and Flight Academy to offer Stem programs including astronomy, rocketry, and robotics, as well as, improving literacy and math skills through evidenced based curriculum , I-Ready. In addition, Project Rocket includes social emotional learning sessions with evidenced based programs, Positive Action and Too Good for Drugs and Violence, as well as small group sessions with a licensed social worker. Services were provided Monday Friday and also included homework assistance, community service, recreation, field trips, parent outreach, and a hot meal each day for our students. Per our Performance Indicators, over the FY23 school year we provided 52 evidenced based programming sessions, and 80% of our students met criteria for regular attendance (30 or more programming days).
- $293,486 spent. Our SHORE WAY TO COLLEGE program is a Next Generation Scholars program and provided college and career readiness services for more than 200 7TH - 12TH grade students in Somerset County Public Schools in preparation for them to receive the Guaranteed Access Grant. The grant is available to graduating seniors whose family income is 130% below the poverty level. The program provides College and Career Interns at the middle school and 2 high schools, and College Coaches at the local youth center. Students have access to tutors during and after school, participate in college awareness workshops, college and workplace tours, summer bridge program, SAT prep, essay writing and summer work opportunities with soft skills training. Parents also participate in financial aid workshops. In 2024 more than 100 students created individualized college and career plans, 123 duplicated students attended 5 college tours, 38 unduplicated students participated in tutoring, 23 parents and students participated in financial aid workshops, 15 students participated in summer bridge programming,14 unduplicated students participated in soft skills training and summer work program at 8 local businesses.
- $177,108 spent. The Villages current afterschool program, READ TO LEAD, is a 21st Century Community Learning Center program providing literacy instruction, homework help, tutoring, character development, Science, Technology, Engineering Arts and Math enrichment, parent engagement, field trips, and a hot meal every day for more than 60 youth in the fall. In the summer, more than 70 youth participate in our Monday Friday, six-week program from 8:00am 4:30pm 99% of our students were minority students, 98% income qualified to receive Free and Reduced Meals, and 66.7% were reading below grade level. Aimed at improving literacy, our program uses an evidenced based on-line curriculum, i-ready. Additional evidenced based curriculum, Positive Action and Too Good for Drugs and Violence support social emotional development for our youth. During the School year we provided 64 evidenced based programming sessions, and 78% of our students met criteria for regular attendance.
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1993.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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