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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2026 Expires: January 2028

Family & Children's Place

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Family & Children's Place meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:

The mission of Family & Children's Place is to protect, nurture, and support children and families to build stronger, safer communities. Its vision is safe children, supported families, and strong communities.

Year, State Incorporated:
1958, KY

Child Advocacy Center – serving children and non-offending caregivers who have experienced sexual abuse, strangulation, human trafficking, or witness to violence.

HANDS – a program designed to promote positive pregnancy outcomes, optimal child growth and development, ensure children live in healthy and safe homes, and foster family sufficiency.

Head Start and Early Head Start – comprehensive child development programs that serve low-income, homeless, and medically fragile children from birth to age five, and pregnant women and their families.

School-based Services – support academic success, substance use prevention, emotional health and well-being, and strengthen family engagement.

Visitation and Parenting Services – supervised visitation for foster care families, parenting assessments, psychological evaluations, and parenting and skill building classes to support family reunification and development.

For the year ended June 30, 2025, Family & Children's Place's program expenses were:

Head Start $6,438,139
HANDS $2,116,511
Kosair for Kids Child Advocacy Center $1,756,839
Child and family services $624,667
School based services $551,138
Total Program Expenses $11,487,294

Chief Executive
Elea Fox, President & CEO

Chair of the Board
Shana Riggs

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Operational Financial Controller, Raimondi North America LLC

Board Size
22

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Family & Children's Place's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Source of Funds
Federal financial assistance $8,196,384
Service revenues and other contracts $3,346,638
Contributions and grants $1,092,123
Net investment return $261,463
Rental and other income $207,544
In-kind contributions $62,691
Change in beneficial interest $1,277
Loss on disposal of property and equipment $-64,637
Total Income $13,103,483

Programs: 87% Fundraising: 5% Administrative: 8%

Total Income $13,103,483
Total expenses: $13,160,900
  Program expenses $11,487,294
  Fundraising expenses $673,064
  Administrative expenses $1,000,542
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-57,417
Beginning Net Assets $5,307,991
Other Changes In Net Assets $-369,128
Ending Net Assets $4,881,446
Total Liabilities $4,357,724
Total Assets $9,239,170
Ending net assets as reported above include $2,735,282 without donor restrictions and $2,146,164 with donor restrictions.

Total assets as reported below include $5,466,852 in property, land, and equipment, net.

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