FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF NORTH FLORIDA
Using data as of: June 2016
Rating: RECOMMEND
About
Family Support Services of North Florida is the lead agency for foster care, adoption, and family preservation in Duval and Nassau counties. They provide services and programs to help prevent child abuse and neglect, to promote a healthy family environment, and to care for children in foster care.
An unknown fact to many is that the Florida Department of Children and Families outsources child welfare services to various agencies across the state. Family Support Services is that organization for North Florida. They then contract with other organizations with various specialties to provide those services. Subcontractors include adoption agency Children’s Home Society, child services agency Daniel Kids, child welfare agency Jewish Family Community Services, and behavioral health agency Mental Health Resource Center.
More information on Family Support Services can be found here:
https://fssjax.org/
Family Support Services Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/fssjax/
Our Analysis
Financial information comes from the latest public Form 990 filing.
Financial Overview
Family Support Services of North Florida relies exclusively on contributions to fund their operations. As of their latest report, they brought in nearly $54.5 million in donations.FINANCIAL INFORMATION
| CURRENT YEAR | |
|---|---|
| Contributions | 54,287,575 |
| Other Revenue | 177,495 |
| Program Services | 0 |
| TOTAL REVENUE | 54,465,455 |
| Grants Paid | 40,874,493 |
| Salaries & Compensation | 8,787,689 |
| Other Expenses | 4,611,578 |
| TOTAL EXPENSES | 54,273,760 |
| Revenue Minus Expenses | 191,965 | Totals may include items not listed above |
| END OF YEAR | |
|---|---|
| Assets | 4,669,266 |
| Liabilities | 4,081,693 |
| NET ASSETS | 587,573 |
| Number of employees | 166 |
| Voting board members | 15 |
Income Sources
The vast majority of their contributions came from the government. Of the $54.5 million in revenue, $53.7 million came from government grants while about $600 thousand came from public contributions.INCOME SOURCES
| TOTAL REVENUE | |
|---|---|
| Contributions | 606,841 |
| Government Grants | 53,680,704 |
| Fundraising Events | 0 |
| Federated Campaigns | 0 |
| TOTAL | 54,287,575 |
| Other Income | 177,495 |
| TOTAL REVENUE | 54,465,455 | Totals may include items not listed above |
Expenses and Philanthropic Spending
They are extremely efficient with their spending, with nearly 97% of spending going to their mission. We like to see a charity spend at least 75% on their mission, so their 97% is exceptional. They also have no fundraising expenses.EXPENSES
| TOTAL EXPENSES | PROGRAM EXPENSES | ADMIN EXPENSES | FUNDRAISING EXPENSES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses | 54,273,760 | 52,556,632 | 1,717,128 | 0 |
| Percentage of spending | 96.8% | 3.2% | - |
Below are the grants they have made to other organizations, taken from their latest Form 990:
In the news
Family Support Services has been in the news recently. An investigation into child deaths found that Jacksonville had the highest rate deaths in families known to the child welfare agency. This suggested the welfare investigations and responses of FSS were inadequate.
June 15, 2017
The harsh reality uncovered by the I-TEAM is that sometimes those families known to DCF and Family Support Services still end up having children die.
Statistics on the DCF’s website show that 48 percent of child deaths the agency investigated in Duval County over the last five years were in families known to the agency. That percentage was higher than the percentages in jurisdictions with large cities, including Orlando, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
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“It’s a child welfare system. We are at the tail end of a lot of woes of our society,” [CEO Lee] Kaywork said.
ARTICLE LINK
Our Conclusion
Family Support Services of North Florida is the lead agency for a tough subject. This can lead to some criticism – maybe some deserved, maybe not. They spend their money efficiently and we give them a RECOMMEND rating, and while they do run some of their own programs, it may be easier to contribute directly to the organizations they fund.
Contact:
Family Support Services of North Florida
1300 Riverplace Blvd #700
Jacksonville, FL 32207
904-421-5800
Form 990 Financial Information: LINK
Financial information comes from the latest Form 990 filing. This review is the opinion of Local Philanthropic and is provided for general information purposes only. Please conduct your own due diligence before donating to any nonprofit.