Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels Subordinate
Not everyone is called to foster, but everyone can make a difference in the life of a child in foster care.
Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels
EIN: 84-4744369 Subordinate
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
We exist to come alongside children, youth and families in the foster care system through intentional giving, relationship building and support.
Ruling year
2011
Executive Director
Andrea Dellit
Main address
PO Box 1841
Waterloo, IA 50704 USA
EIN
84-4744369
Foster care
Aging out of foster care
Adult and child mentoring
Nonprofits
Population served
Children
Adolescents
Out-of-home youth
Preteens
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Affiliations
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reportsWhat we aim to solve
Children placed in foster care face very high risks for much worse outcomes later in life than their peers who are not in foster care. This isn’t only because the situation that caused them to be placed in the care of the state was traumatic, but also because the experience of being in foster care layers on additional trauma. An overwhelming body of evidence shows that the kind of ongoing, chronic trauma experienced by these children not only severely impacts their emotional state and behavioral needs during childhood, but also leads to drastically poorer outcomes as they reach adulthood. One of the main contributors to the trauma children experience in foster care is the lack of community support and stable relationships with caring, responsible, dependable adults. Placement in the foster system can sometimes equate to stability, but more often children are repeatedly moved, often far from their community and all they know, uprooting and re-traumatizing them again and again.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Love Box Program
This program matches a group of adult volunteers with a foster family in an effort to better support all children in the foster home, including children in foster care, adopted children and biological children. Through intentional giving, relationship building and mentorship, we help children and families ensure a brighter future for those impacted by foster care.
Dare To Dream
Our Dare to Dream™ program matches mentors with youth to navigate life's challenges together, providing advice, encouragement, and a supportive community. We believe that the simple act of telling a mentee "I believe in you," "You are special," and "You are going to do great things" can transform their journey entirely. Mentors meet both practical and emotional needs, guiding their mentees through tailored developmental milestones. Mentors commit to meeting with their mentees every other week to set goals and help them achieve their dreams. While the relationships ideally last a lifetime, the program is a 18 month commitment.
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This represents the number of children served monthly in our Love Box and Dare To Dream Programs
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This represents the number of volunteers involved with serving children, youth and families monthly through our Love Box and Dare To Dream Programs
Number of families served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This is the number of families served monthly through our Love Box Program and Dare To Dream Program
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The parenting of a hurt child takes tremendous resources of time, education, and heart. And when a foster parent gives up, effects ripple in our community and social and economic costs begin to accrue.
Children, youth, and families experiencing foster care desperately need community. This is why we have developed the Love Box and Dare to Dream programs––for people like you, who may not be called to foster or adopt, to create real impact through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.
We know that trauma can be healed in the context of healthy, supportive relationships, and our programs help bring just that––relational healing, empowerment, and hope. We believe that “Not everyone is called to foster, not everyone is called to adopt, but everyone can make a difference in the life of a child.”
We've invented a new way to serve: heart-to-heart in the home of a family. Showing up for children. Encouraging youth. Supporting caretakers.
Our hope is that through our programs we can:
1) Walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.
2) Increase placement stability and minimize trauma by supporting the entire family unit.
3) Provide children, youth, and families with a sense of normalcy, during a time that can feel very uncertain.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1) We accomplish this through our Love Box and Dare to Dream programs, which match dedicated volunteers with youth and families experiencing foster care. These volunteers commit to being a consistent support in their lives, by meeting a minimum of once monthly with families (in our Love Box program) or twice monthly with youth (in our Dare to Dream program).
2) It is our hope that with this added layer of community, foster parents would have the support that they need to continue fostering, children would stay in placements longer, and the trauma caused by moving from home-to-home-to-home would be minimized.
3) We increase normalcy by helping provide children with experiences like Spring Break and Summer camps, a “Back To School Bash”, fulfilling holiday wishlists, and helping fund extracurricular activities like baseball, gymnastics, ballet, and more.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have over 25 foster homes in the greater Cedar Valley in our programs and 25 more on our waitlist. Families report an increased sense of support and ability to do the important work of caring for children. We aim to continue this work, while investing in the ability to measure outcomes, to continue to drive progress.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
Financial documents
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Liquidity in 2022 info
38.50
Months of cash in 2022 info
7.2
Fringe rate in 2022 info
8%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
This snapshot of Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $58,253 | $77,531 | $11,498 |
| As % of expenses | 41.5% | 29.7% | 4.6% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $58,253 | $77,531 | $11,498 |
| As % of expenses | 41.5% | 29.7% | 4.6% |
| Revenue composition info | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $198,615 | $298,068 | $263,126 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 0.0% | 50.1% | -11.7% |
| Program services revenue | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 2.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 96.8% | 99.8% | 99.7% |
| Other revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Expense composition info | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $140,362 | $260,968 | $251,628 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 0.0% | 85.9% | -3.6% |
| Personnel | 89.2% | 72.3% | 83.7% |
| Professional fees | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Occupancy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 10.1% | 27.5% | 16.0% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $140,362 | $260,968 | $251,628 |
| One month of savings | $11,697 | $21,747 | $20,969 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $152,059 | $282,715 | $272,597 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.2 |
| Months of cash and investments | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.2 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.0 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $62,039 | $139,299 | $151,209 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 6.1% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $58,253 | $135,784 | $147,282 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total net assets | $58,253 | $135,784 | $147,282 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Andrea Dellit
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Transformations By Cedar Valley Angels
Board of directorsas of 05/19/2024
Board of directors data
Alicia Rogers
Julianne Gassman
University of Northern Iowa
Maria Anderson
Marico Consulting
Jordan Dunn
Pathways Behavioral Services
Lynn LaGrone
Hawkeye Community College
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
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