CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I72

Classification

1000

Street

1033 E WALNUT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE CURRENT PROGRAMS PROVIDED INCLUDE ADVOCACY, FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, MEDICAL EXAMS, TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS, AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM (MDT) COORDINATION. SERVICES ARE DONE WHILE IMPLEMENTING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH AMONG ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION. DURING 2024:1,657 CHILDREN WERE SERVED, 1,523 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED, 1,324 MEDICAL EXAMS WERE PERFORMED. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CENTER.UNIQUE TO THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER IS JAVA, A SPECIALLY TRAINED COMFORT DOG WHO SITS WITH CHILDREN DURING THEIR FORENSIC INTERVIEW AND IN SOME CASES THEIR MEDICAL EXAM. THE CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCATES FOLLOW THE CASE FROM BEGINNING TO END AND PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT TO THE NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVER TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILD IS, IN TURN, SUPPORTED. THIS INCLUDES COORDINATING SUPPORT SERVICES TO MEET IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING NEEDS. CASE UPDATES ARE REGULARLY GIVEN BY THE CHILD ADVOCATES TO KEEP THE GUARDIAN INFORMED.THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW IS CONDUCTED ONE-ON-ONE BY A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED INTERVIEWER WHILE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM OBSERVE AND LISTEN THROUGH CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO SYSTEMS. THE FORENSIC INTERVIEWER FOLLOWS A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PROTOCOL THAT UTILIZES RESEARCH AND PRACTICE-INFORMED TECHNIQUES TO GATHER DETAILS ABOUT AN EVENT THE CHILD MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED. MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE INCLUDE CHILD AT RISK EXAMS (CARE), SEXUALASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMS (SAFE), AND HEALTHY CHILD AND YOUTH SCREENINGS. THE MEDICAL EXAMS ARE NONINVASIVE, CONDUCTED IN A CHILD-FRIENDLY MANNER, AND THE CHILD-VICTIMS ARE NEVER FORCED TO COMPLETE AN EXAM. THE HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS WORK TIRELESSLY TO CREATE A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT DOES NOT FEEL THREATENING OR INTIMIDATING. THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR WHAT IT MAY PROVIDE TO THE INVESTIGATION, BUT BECAUSE BEING TOLD "YOU ARE OK. YOU ARE NOT BROKEN." BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL CAN BE A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE CHILD VICTIM'S HEALING JOURNEY. THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER PROVIDES TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FRONT-LINE PROVIDERS ON PREVENTING, RECOGNIZING, RESPONDING TO, AND REPORTING CHILD ABUSE. THE WIDE ARRAY OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AVAILABLE INCLUDE STEWARDS OF CHILDREN, MANDATED REPORTER, CHILD SAFETY MATTERS, AND TEEN SAFETY MATTERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER PROVIDES MDT SPECIFIC TRAINING INCLUDING NEW MDT MEMBER TRAINING, FIRST CONTACT: MINIMAL FACTS TRAINING, AND BUILDING INITIAL CHILD INTERVIEWING SKILLS. THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VICTIM CENTER, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER CONNECTS CHILD VICTIMS TO TRAUMA- FOCUSED THERAPY TO SUPPORT THEIR HEALING PROCESS. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT NO COST AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THE COLLABORATIVE AND EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP AMONG MDT MEMBERS IS CENTRAL TO ENSURING THE RESPONSE TO CHILD ABUSE IS PROMPT TO REDUCE SEVERITY AND COORDINATED TO ENSURE ON-GOING SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS. THE MDT COORDINATORS SCHEDULE AND MANAGE MONTHLY MDT MEETINGS, CONVENE CASE SPECIFIC MDT REVIEWS AS NEEDED, AND HELP MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE FLOW OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION AMONG ALL MDT PARTNERS.

  Expenses $2,545,093 · Revenue $920,673

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,572,961

  Expenses

  $3,199,386

  Contributions

  $2,545,559

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,827,298

  Expenses

  $2,944,567

  Contributions

  $1,842,919

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,846,622

  Expenses

  $2,745,783

  Contributions

  $2,014,298

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,344,059

  Expenses

  $2,441,640

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,862,755

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,269,064

  Expenses

  $2,183,425

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,926,507

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,532,462

  Expenses

  $2,180,381

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,683,984

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,456,232

  Expenses

  $2,163,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,343,577

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,224,276

  Expenses

  $1,948,273

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,130,424

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,026,378

  Expenses

  $1,631,383

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,796,067

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,877,459

  Expenses

  $1,488,862

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,385,433

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,470,930

  Expenses

  $1,350,066

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,989,206

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,843,338

  Expenses

  $1,300,342

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,025,098

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,098,065

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,303,988

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• MISSOURI CHILDRENS TRUST FUND BOARD

  $326,145

  2022

• MISSOURI CHILDRENS TRUST FUND BOARD

  $295,882

  2024

• MISSOURI CHILDRENS TRUST FUND BOARD

  $249,684

  2023

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

  $244,378

  2023 · SPECIFIC PROGRAM

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

  $134,107

  2024 · SPECIFIC PROGRAM

• UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS

  $77,115

  2024 · PROTECTING OUR YOUTH PROGRAM & FORENSIC SERVICES

• NATIONAL CHILDRENS ALLIANCE INC

  $56,487

  2022 · CORE SERVICES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

  $50,000

  2022 · SPECIFIC PROGRAM

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $50,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

• NATIONAL CHILDRENS ALLIANCE INC

  $43,118

  2023 · CORE SERVICES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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