Better Business Bureau Report for
The Cradle Foundation

Better Business Bureau Report issued April 2011
Better Business Bureau Report expires April 2013


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Charity Contact Information

Name: The Cradle Foundation
Address: 2049 Ridge Avenue
  Evanston , IL 60201
Phone: 847-475-5800
847-733-3232
Web Address: www.cradle.org
Also known as:The Cradle Foundation
The Cradle
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Formerly known as:The Cradle Foundation

Year, State Incorporated: 85, Illinois
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: The Cradle's mission is to benefit children by providing education, guidance and lifelong support to create, sustain and preserve nurturing families.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

The Cradle Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

Established in 1923, The Cradle provides professional counseling, education and support to women and men facing unplanned pregnancies; to prospective parents seeking to form or expand their families through adoption; to former wards of the State of Illinois who are orphaned due to the death or incapacitation of their adoptive parents; and to all members of the adoption triad on a post-adoption basis. Traditionally, the Foundation's core services have been delivered through one-on-one counseling with its clients, but increasingly, The Cradle is taking advantage of various technologies to provide information, support and education to people who are touched by adoption in every corner of the United States. The Cradle operates Adoption Learning Partners, an online adoption education site that offers a variety of courses for pre- and post-adoptive parents. The Cradle operates an onsite, 24-hour nursery for nurturing care to infants under the age of one year whose birthparents are considering adoption. The Nursery is an important safe-haven for babies born with special medical needs.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, The Cradle FoundationThe Cradle Foundation 's program expenses were:

  
Program Services 5,101,584
Total Program Expenses: $5,101,584
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Julie S. Tye, President
Compensation*:
 $186,960

Chair of the Board: Anna M. Hajek
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Business Owner

Board Size: 28

Paid Staff Size: 60

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet, cause-related marketing, Our foundation conducts all fundraising on behalf of The Cradle.
Fund raising costs were 27% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,130,958, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

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.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on The Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle FoundationThe Cradle Foundation 's audited financial statements - consolidated for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Source of Funds  
Contributions 4,130,958
Fee Income 2,917,430
Other Revenues 1,592,746
Total Income $8,641,134


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 77%  Fund Raising: 17%  Administrative: 6% 

Total income   $8,641,134
  Program expenses $5,101,584
  Fund raising expenses 1,124,924
  Administrative expenses 416,657
 
Total expenses   $6,643,165
Income in Excess of Expenses   1,997,969
Beginning net assets   19,639,954
Ending net assets   21,637,923
Total liabilities   5,709,211
Total assets   $27,347,134


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