2019-04-09T18:11:52-05:00 2018-09-30 420714325 RSM US LLP 1 S WACKER DRIVE STE 800 CHICAGO IL 60606 990 2017-10-01 362181994 The Cradle Society CRAD 8474755800 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 Kimberley Perez President & CEO 8474755800 2019-04-09 1 Rebekuh Eley P01247672 3126343400 108.171.131.187 2019-04-09 17:56:59 CD P F6217F2D6ED5C2D75B43E0AF4E216B671259B073 999F6C87408E00F59009FBF12446D70A71867BDA 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z The Cradle Kimberley Perez 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 5522108 0 X www.cradle.org X 1923 IL With our deep history in adoption as our foundation, The Cradle advances the well-being of children by compassionately delivering exceptional education, guidance, and lifelong support to build, preserve and strengthen their families. 21 21 91 179 0 2937 2483322 2669435 3016500 2605150 0 1013 235393 246510 5735215 5522108 64320 23107 0 0 3559689 3439087 0 0 0 1859681 1920467 5483690 5382661 251525 139447 17748925 18215457 296166 346855 17452759 17868602 X With our deep history in adoption as our foundation, The Cradle advances the well-being of children by compassionately delivering exceptional education, guidance, and lifelong support to build, preserve and strengthen their families. 0 0 2205412 23107 2213924 Social Services:Cradle staff provide emotional support and options counseling for expectant parents free of charge, as well as lifelong emotional and educational support services for birthparents, adoptive families, and adopted individuals. In FY2018, trained Cradle counselors responded to 476 Helpline inquiries from expectant parents, received 75 expectant-parent referrals from professionals, wrote 74 homestudies for prospective adoptive parents, and provided 1,199 counseling sessions. 981892 Outreach and Education:The Cradle's trained outreach staff performed 279 visits with Illinois-based medical and social-work professionals who work directly or indirectly with birthmothers, and made 45 in-service presentations to 450 professionals resulting in the awarding of 450 CE/CU credits. A plan for program expansion to include outreach to community organizations was also approved. In addition, 205 community members attended Our Children programming, The Cradle's initiative to explore the realities faced by diverse families, including roundtables and live webinars. 889572 Nursery and Special Needs Infant Care:In FY2018, 56 infants received 1,119 nights of care from licensed Cradle Nursery staff and affiliated physicians, and 45 babies were placed with their forever families. Since 1923, nearly 16,000 children have been cared for in The Cradle Nursery-the only one of its kind in the nation-and placed with permanent, loving families. The Cradle accepts any baby referred to its care, whether healthy or medically fragile, and all placements are guided by a philosophy of open adoption. Care in The Cradle Nursery is provided free of charge, affording birth parents considering adoption greater peace of mind and eliminating worry about insurance coverage limits. 674023 633139 Adoption Learning Partners (ALP):The Cradle's nationally pre-eminent online training platform, Adoption Learning Partners, received 29,048 enrolments for interactive, adoption-related courses from adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, and professionals. The Cradle also began the rollout of A Learning Place, a mobile-first micro-learning platform that provided training for 55 prospective foster parents and professionals. Leveraging national organizational partnerships to scale impact, The Cradle expects A Learning Place to reach up to three percent of domestic foster parents or 9,450 individuals in 2019. 239448 Our Children:The definition of family has changed significantly over the years, and so has the way families look. This is especially true in adoptive families. At The Cradle, nearly half of the babies we place for adoption each year are of a race that is different from their adoptive parents, and around 20% of our families are LGBTQ families. Recognizing the changing needs of our families, in 2016 The Cradle launched the initiative, "Our Children: An Education and Empowerment Series." The goal of this initiative is to educate diverse families about the realities and injustices their children may experience in societal interactions, and to give parents the tools they need to successfully communicate and navigate these difficult dynamics in positive and productive ways. Our Children is an initiative made up of a variety of components, including live roundtable discussions and online webcasts, on issues of great urgency today such as "Raising Black Boys." During the past two years, The Cradle offered roundtables on "The Color of Education," "Raising Black Girls and "Raising Children Across Racial Lines," each of which also had a companion webcast, allowing for discussion to continue and understanding to deepen over time. To date, more than 2,000 individuals have participated in Our Children programs. 913471 633139 4990347 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 9 0 1 91 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IL IN X X X Kimberley Perez 8474755800 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 Jerry Biederman Chair 1.50 0.25 X X 0 0 0 Caryn Rowe Africk Vice Chair 1.50 0.25 X X 0 0 0 Talita R Erickson Secretary 1.50 X X 0 0 0 Kim Simonton Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Angela S Ames Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jason Asper Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Penelope Boardman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeff Brown Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Conley Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 James G Connelly III Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jane Cummins Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeanne Enright Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica A Garascia Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Anna Marie Hajek Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Margarita Kellen Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Heather A Kelley Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Luce Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lawrence Rubly Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Sereda Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Virginia Uhlenhop Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Samir Wagle Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kimberley Perez President & CEO 30.00 10.00 X 180111 0 25054 Sarah Lombardi VP, Finance 40.00 X 76379 0 12427 Linda Hageman VP, Professional Services 40.00 X 122136 0 28611 Nijole Yutkowitz VP, Inclusion/Community Development 40.00 X 88682 0 0 467308 0 66092 2 0 1 0 Starcom Worldwide Inc 35 W Upper Wacker Drive Chicago IL 60601 Marketing Services 208397 Google Inc 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 Advertising Services 206453 Publicis Media 35 W Wacker Drive Chicago IL 60601 Marketing Services 175803 3 2475000 194435 33167 2669435 Service Fees 900099 2605150 2605150 2605150 1013 1013 Administrative Fee 561000 241913 241913 4597 4597 246510 5522108 2847063 0 5610 23107 23107 550857 494157 56700 2315039 2300112 14927 51127 49782 1345 322066 310172 11894 199998 195458 4540 229198 228800 398 678941 676009 2932 148940 146499 2441 62440 58940 3500 136839 128616 8223 59077 54318 4759 33899 31734 2165 1673 1637 36 226087 203729 22358 89687 77398 12289 Foundation Expense 241913 241913 11773 9879 1894 5382661 4990347 392314 0 267907 177285 358496 332614 25421 21685 7255769 4242291 3211820 3013478 13885281 14670395 17748925 18215457 218327 295284 5900 2838 71939 48733 296166 346855 X 9697858 9681544 439954 780414 7314947 7406644 17452759 17868602 17748925 18215457 X 139447 276396 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 3166805 2395314 8004509 2483322 2669435 18719385 3166805 2395314 8004509 2483322 2669435 18719385 18719385 1013 1013 248182 258899 238700 235393 246510 1227684 19948082 13857066 0.93840 0.93910 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: Administrative Fee - 2013 Amount: $ 248,182. 2014 Amount: $ 258,899. 2015 Amount: $ 238,700. 2016 Amount: $ 232,347. 2017 Amount: $ 241,913. Other Revenue - 2016 Amount: $ 3,046. 2017 Amount: $ 4,597. 1 1 20300 20300 5859078 3031668 2827410 842551 774463 68088 533840 436160 97680 3013478 Assets Held in Remainder Trusts 40382 Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trusts 3364956 Beneficial Interest in Net Assets of Foundation 10074712 Due from Affiliate 1190345 14670395 Current Obligation Under Capital Lease 23971 Obligation Under Capital Lease, Less Current Portion 24762 48733 X 3414384 367276 367276 3047108 2475000 2475000 5522108 5749937 367276 367276 5382661 0 5382661 Part V, Line 4: The Cradle's endowment is held and administered by The Cradle Foundation. The Cradle Foundation's endowment funds are intended for the support of general operations, the Nursery, and a post-adoption counselor. Part X, Line 2: The Cradle, the Foundation, and CAP have received determination letters from the Internal Revenue Service indicating they are tax-exempt organizations as provided in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are exempt from federal and state income taxes on income related to its exempt purpose. The Organizations follow the accounting standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under this guidance, the Organizations may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. Examples of tax positions include the tax-exempt status of the Organizations, and various positions related to the potential sources of unrelated business taxable income. There were no unrecognized tax benefits identified or recorded as liabilities as of and for the year ended September 30, 2018. The Organizations file Form 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in the State of Illinois. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Distributions from the Foundation 2,475,000. 1 Expectant Parent Medical Expenses 11 10083 Expectant Parent Housing Expenses 4 4192 Expectant Parent Travel Expenses 31 2151 Other Living Expenses Paid on Behalf of Expectant Parents 43 6681 Part I, Line 2: Support is provided to birth parents for food, clothing, and housing based on counselor assessment, and direct payment of hospital and medical bills associated with the pregnancy. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kimberley Perez President & CEO 180111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25054 0 205165 0 0 0 Linda Hageman VP, Professional Services 122136 0 0 0 0 0 3825 0 24786 0 150747 0 0 0 X Infant Formula 1 31552 Fair Market Value X Building Materials 1 1615 Fair Market Value 0 0 1 0 Part I, Column (b): The numbers listed above represent the number of contributors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Management works with the auditors in the preparation of the Form 990 and provides a copy of the prepared Form 990 to the Board Finance/Audit Committee and the full Board for review prior to its filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Any known material conflict of interest which becomes relevant to any matter requiring action by the Board of Directors or any of its committees are to be disclosed to the Board of Directors or such committee, and such individual shall not vote on such matter, shall not use personal influence in connection with such matter, and shall not be counted in determining the quorum for the meeting. The minutes of such meeting will reflect the disclosure made, the abstinence from voting, and the exclusion from the count in determining the quorum for the meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 A compensation review occurs annually following the end of the fiscal year. In preparation for the discussion, a compensation survey is conducted which consists of a review of comparable adoption agency Form 990's, non-profit salary surveys, and publically available data from the Department of Labor and salary websites. The data is complied and compared to the current analyzed salaries of senior staff in relation to the organization's compensation philosophy and practices statement. Should there be indicators that an adjustment is necessary, recommendation is made with supportive data. The Executive Committee determines if any increase will be approved considering both the data and the organization's ability to make the adjustment. The Executive Committee's recommendation is approved by the Board of Directors which is documented in the Board minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. The organization's financial statements are posted on The Cradle's website and are also available upon request. These documents are available for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d). Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Change in Value of Split Interest Agreements and Trusts 65,530. Change in Beneficial Interest in Net Assets of Foundation 2,685,866. Distributions from the Foundation -2,475,000. The Cradle Foundation 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 450506764 Support the operations of The Cradle IL 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I The Cradle Society 1 Cradle Adoption Partners NFP 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 203161946 Support the operations of The Cradle IL 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I The Cradle Society 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 The Cradle Foundation C 2475000 Cash The Cradle Foundation L 241913 Actual Cost