Child Protection Center Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF THE CHILD PROTECTION CENTER, INC. IS THE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE. WE ENVISION A COMMUNITY WHERE CHILDREN ARE SAFE FROM ABUSE AND FREE TO THRIVE. TO SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CHILD ABUSE, EFFORTS IN PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED. THE UNIQUE COMPREHENSIVE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES DEVELOPED OVER THE MORE THAN FORTY- YEAR HISTORY OF THE CHILD PROTECTION CENTER, INC. EXEMPLIFIES SUCH AN EFFORT.
- Income
- $4.3 million
- Spending
- $3.8 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- 15.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 44%
- Employees
- 45
- Volunteers
- 150
- Highest pay
- $168,969, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 77% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 11% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 13 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2515 of 15 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
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
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 June 30, 2025, 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 (1)
- $3.1 million spent. THE CHILD PROTECTION CENTER OPERATES FOUR PROGRAMS IN THE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE. PREVENTION: PERSONAL SAFETY & COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAM (PSCA). PSCA EDUCATES CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT MEASURES TO PREVENT AND REPORT CHILD ABUSE. PSCA IS THE LONGEST TENURED PREVENTION PROGRAM IN FLORIDA AND IT SERVED 52,341 PARTICIPANTS IN FY 2025. CPC'S PREVENTION PROGRAM IS THE PERSONAL SAFETY AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAM (PSCA) WHICH BEGAN IN EARLY 1992. PSCA PROVIDES PRIMARY ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION TO CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM ALSO FACILITATES WORKSHOPS FOR THEIR CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O CAREGIVERS, CHILDCARE PROFESSIONALS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL BOARD STAFF AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY. PSCA HAS OVER 20 WORKSHOPS, SUCH AS INTERNET SAFETY, SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION, AND ANTI-BULLYING. THE FOCUS IS THE CREATION OF A FUTURE IN WHICH CHILDREN ARE EMPOWERED AND EDUCATED, ADULTS ARE AWARE AND EQUIPPED, AND OUR COMMUNITY IS A SAFER PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IN FY 2025, PSCA PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TO 52,341 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: CHILD PROTECTION TEAM (CPT) & CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUPERVISED PROGRAM (CFSVP). CPT IS A MEDICALLY DIRECTED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM BASED ON THE IDEA THAT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT INVOLVE COMPLEX ISSUES. CPT BEGAN IN 1980 AND IS A LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED PROGRAM WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATORS OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CASES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SUSPECTED VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT. THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM PROVIDES EXPERTISE IN EVALUATING ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT, ASSESSING RISK FACTORS, AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERVENTIONS TO PROTECT CHILDREN. SERVICES PROVIDED BY CPT INCLUDE FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENTS, FORENSIC MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS AND COURT TESTIMONY. CPT IS THE ONLY PROVIDER AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE TO PERFORM THESE FUNCTIONS IN SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES. IN FY 2025, CPT PROVIDED 360 MEDICAL EXAMS AND CONSULTS AND SERVED 636 ALLEGED VICTIMS OF ABUSE. CFSVP BEGAN IN 1995. CFSVP PROVIDES SUPERVISED VISITATIONS IN A SAFE AND SECURE SETTING BETWEEN CHILDREN AND THEIR NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN COURT ORDERED TO ENGAGE IN SUPERVISED VISITATIONS. NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS HAVE BEEN COURT ORDERED DUE TO THEIR HISTORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT, DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, STALKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL ILLNESS, THREAT OF PARENTAL ABDUCTION, RESTRAINING OR NO CONTACT ORDERS, AND/OR CRIMINAL HISTORY. CFSVP FACILITATE COURT ORDERED VISITS BETWEEN OUT OF HOME PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO INTERACT WITH PARENTS WITHOUT THE STRESS OF BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAMILY ARGUMENT, OBSERVING A PARENT WHO IS IMPAIRED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND WITHOUT UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS THAT INCLUDE ADULT TOPICS. ASSESSMENTS BY CFSVP STAFF ENABLE THE RISK OF VIOLENCE TO CHILDREN TO DECREASE. ONGOING PARENT AND CHILD CONTACT, THROUGH SUPERVISED VISITATION, HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE CRUCIAL TO A CHILD'S MENTAL HEALTH AND ABILITY TO BUILD A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT. OVER 50 SARASOTA COUNTY CITIZENS SERVE AS CFSVP VOLUNTEERS. IN FY 2025, CFSVP PROVIDED 357 SUPERVISED VISITS. TREATMENT PROGRAMS: CPC'S TREATMENT PROGRAM IS PROVIDED BY CPC'S THERAPY PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN 1986. THE CPC THERAPY PROGRAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP THERAPY TO CLIENTS IN SARARSOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES. THE CPC THERAPY PROGRAM SERVES CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY ABUSES, CHILDREN WHO ARE EXHIBITING PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, AS WELL AS SIBLINGS, AND/OR NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS OF THESE CHILDREN. THE CPCTHERAPY PROGRAM ALSO SERVES ADULTS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE. THE FOCUS OF TREATMENT IS ON ADDRESSING ABUSE SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS AND IMPAIRMENTS, REDUCING PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND/OR CHILD-ON-CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND PREVENTING FURTHER IMPAIRMENT. THROUGH EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE BASED TRAUMA TREATMENT, THE CPCTHERAPY PROGRAM RESTORES TYPICAL, HEALTHY DEVELOPMENTAL FUNCTIONING, PROMOTES HEALTHY NON-ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND ENHANCES THE ONGOING SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IN FY 2025, CPC'S THERAPY PROGRAM PROVIDED 4,231.75 HOURS OF THERAPY. CPC'S PET ADVOCATE WORKING IN THE SUNCOAST (PAWS) PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2010 AND PROVIDES COMFORT AND AID TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN TIMES OF TRAUMA AND CRISIS THROUGH CERTIFIED PET THERAPY ANIMALS AND SCREENED HANDLERS. CPC WAS AWARDED THE 2015 FRANK G. BERLIN, SR. SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR BY THE GREATER SARASOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CPC WAS AWARDED THE 2019 NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR BY THE VENICE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CPC WAS AWARED FULL ACCREDIATION STATUS BY THE NATIONAL CHILDREN ALLIANCE (NCA) IN JULY 2021. CPC WAS NAMED 2024 BEST OF FLORIDA REGIONAL WINNER AND EARNED GUIDESTAR'S PLATNIUM SEAL OF APPROVAL. THIS PAST YEAR MARKS THE 44TH ANNIVERSARY OF CPC AND ITS FIGHT AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. AS WE LOOK BACK ON THESE 44 YEARS, WE SEE THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WHO LEARNED PERSONAL SAFETY FROM PSCA, WHO BUILT STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PARENTS IN CFSVP, WHOSE HEALTH AND SAFETY WERE ASSESSED BY CPT, AND WHO TOOK THE FIRST STEPS ON THEIR PATH TO HEALING IN THERAPY. WE SEE THE DEDICATION OF OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, WHO WAKE UP EVERY DAY DETERMINED TO BUILD A SAFER WORLD FOR CHILDREN. WE SEE YOU - OUR SUPPORTERS, ADVOCATES, SUPERHEROES - AND YOUR INSPIRING GENEROSITY AS YOU PROTECT THOSE WHO CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES. WE SEE HOPE. PLEASE VISIT WWW.CPCSARATSOTA.ORG OR CPC'S SOCIAL PLATFORMS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHILD PROTECTION CENTER AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! FACEBOOK- HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CHILDPROTECTIONCENTER/ INSTAGRAM- HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/CPCSARASOTA/ LINKEDIN:HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/COMPANY/CHILD-PROTECTION-CENTER/ YOUTUBE- HTTPS://WWW.YO
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 June 2025.
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 June 1982.
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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