2018-07-30T11:53:17-05:00 2017-09-30 420714325 RSM US LLP 1 S WACKER DRIVE STE 800 CHICAGO IL 60606 990 2016-10-01 362181994 The Cradle Society CRAD 8474755800 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 Kimberley Perez President 8474755800 2018-07-30 1 Wayne Harder P00294296 3126343400 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z The Cradle Kimberley Perez 2049 Ridge Avenue Evanston IL 60201 5735215 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. 22 22 89 115 0 0 8078045 2483322 2786980 3016500 0 0 238700 235393 11103725 5735215 55129 64320 0 0 3659301 3559689 0 0 0 2119417 1859681 5833847 5483690 5269878 251525 16885586 17748925 430808 296166 16454778 17452759 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 2273025 64320 2318699 Social Services: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; and to all members of the adoption triad on a post-adoption basis. Traditionally, our core services have been delivered through one-on-one counseling with our 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 and, indeed, around the world.We view our role with clients as a partnership, with the goal of providing clients with sufficient information, education, guidance and support to enable them to make the best decision for themselves and their family. In Fiscal 2017, we received 628 calls from birth/expectant parents inquiring about domestic adoption as an option. 174 clients entered into a counseling relationship with us. In this same period, 134 prospective adopting parents explored the options of domestic or international adoption as a means for forming or expanding their families. The Cradle's social work staff conducted 78 Home Studies for these families. The Home Study process at The Cradle emphasizes the importance of readiness and preparation to become an adoptive family. We help families determine if adoption is, indeed, right for them, and if so which type of adoption is the best fit: domestic or international. 64 families adopted children through our domestic program this year; 4 families adopted children from 2 countries abroad.The Cradle is an important resource for minority children, most especially for black infants. Of the 64 children placed with adoptive families, 27 were black or bi-racial. The Ardythe and Gale Sayers Center for African American Adoption undertakes extensive outreach within the black community to recruit families for these children. Eighteen informational/recruitment meetings were conducted in 2017. Increasingly, we are using our website to allow families to share their stories with the goal of encouraging more parents to consider adopting a black child: http://www.cradle.org/adoptive-parents-adoption-storiesAdoption is a lifelong process, not a singular event. Our Post Adoption Department offers a variety of services to those served by The Cradle over our 90+ years including providing medical and social background information to adult adopted persons, and facilitating meetings between adopted persons and birth relatives, often in cases where the adoption was closed. Over the past 20 years, The Cradle has practiced open adoption and now most of the domestic adoptions handled by The Cradle are open (i.e. the birth family and adoptive family have the ability to be in direct contact with each other). The Cradle also provides individual and family counseling to those who are dealing with adoption-related issues; 1,292 counseling sessions were held in 2017. Social workers are able to offer resources to help families access various resources such as school-based assistance, as well as providing guidance and support for issues such as behavior and discipline, etc. 1031868 Outreach and Communications:In FY17, The Cradle's outreach team provided in-service trainings that included Continuing Education credits for professionals in health care related occupations. Thirty-nine (39) in-service presentations were provided, resulting in the distribution of 360 CE/CEU credits. This program includes eight different in-service subjects. The top three in-service subjects selected were "Safe Haven," "Nursing Interventions and "Myths/Facts." Additional outreach efforts included participation at vendor fairs, presentation at medical grand rounds, as well as guest lecture opportunities at area universities. Over 1,500 professionals were connected with The Cradle during FY17. The communications efforts extended to broadcast and digital media, search advertising as well as social networking sites, and leveraging of The Cradle's website. In FY17 related to the website, 202,937 new users were added, resulting in 258,443 online sessions with a total of 635,833 page views. 950871 Nursery:The Cradle's onsite, 24-hour Nursery is the only one of its kind in the United States. Its purpose is to provide professional, nurturing care to infants under the age of one year whose birth parents are considering adoption. While some birth parents choose to have their babies go directly from the hospital to their adoptive family, others are not certain about an adoption decision and use the Nursery as a neutral, temporary haven while they consider their options. The Nursery is also an important haven for babies born with special needs. It can sometimes take many months to locate an adoptive family for a special needs baby, and The Cradle's Nursery is a critically important resource for these children. In 2017, 72 children were admitted to the Nursery. The average length of stay was 25 days, and 52 babies had some degree of special need. 643936 697801 Adoption Learning Partners (ALP):The Cradle believes that adoption outcomes are likely to be most positive when families have access to accurate information and education prior to adopting and on an ongoing basis following adoption. ALP (www.adoptionlearningpartners.org) leverages web-based technology to bring timely and interactive adoption-related courses and webinars on a variety of topics such as Sensory Integration, Behavior and Discipline, Attaching through Play, Conspicuous Families and more. ALP courses are also beneficial to professionals in the field and many are available for CEU credits. 162966 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 a multi-year effort 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." In FY2017, The Cradle offered roundtables on "The Color of Education and "Raising Black Girls," each of which also has a companion webcast, allowing for discussion to continue and understanding to deepen over time. In summer 2018, there will be a roundtable on LGBTQ parenting. To date, nearly 2,000 individuals have participated in Our Children programs. 806902 697801 5062666 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 5 0 1 89 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 22 22 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 1.60 0.08 X X 0 0 0 Caryn Rowe Africk Vice Chair 1.10 0.08 X X 0 0 0 James G Connelly III Vice Chair 1.10 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Janet McDonald Secretary 1.10 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kim Simonton Treasurer 1.20 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jason Asper Director 0.70 0.00 X 0 0 0 Penelope Boardman Director 0.70 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard C Burnstine MD Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Conley Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jane Cummins Director 0.70 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeanne Enright Director 0.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 Anna Marie Hajek Director 1.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andrea Herchenbach Director (Thru 12/13/16) 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Margarita Kellen Director 1.80 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Luce Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lawrence Macy Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Randall Bernard Mims Director 0.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 Catherine Nelson Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lawrence Rubly Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Sereda Director 0.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 William Stasek Director 0.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 Virginia Uhlenhop Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stuart White Director 0.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kimberley Perez President (As of 11/30/16) 30.00 10.00 X 7630 0 0 Merrilee Hepler COO/Acting President (Thru 11/29/16) 30.00 10.00 X 136971 0 20538 Ellen Giudice VP, Finance (Thru 4/12/17) 40.00 0.00 X 127314 0 13036 Sarah Lombardi VP, Finance (As of 4/12/17) 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Hageman VP, Professional Services 40.00 0.00 X 119240 0 23809 Joan Jaeger VP, Marketing (Thru 12/31/16) 40.00 0.00 X 114621 0 31374 Nijole Yutkowitz VP, Inclusion/Community Development 40.00 0.00 X 81622 0 0 587398 0 88757 4 0 1 0 Starcom Worldwide Inc 35 W Upper Wacker Drive Chicago IL 60601 Marketing Services 438457 Google Inc 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 Advertising Services 208612 Altus Marketing & Business Development 4120 Excelsior Boulevard St Louis Park MN 55416 Marketing Services 192494 3 2250518 232804 70385 2483322 Service Fees 900099 3016500 3016500 3016500 Administrative Fee 561000 232347 232347 3046 3046 235393 5735215 3248847 0 3046 64320 64320 586872 532086 54786 2404557 2271666 132891 366484 350786 15698 201776 189292 12484 9395 8857 538 33460 20202 13258 77316 77045 271 731418 728308 3110 188824 168713 20111 81324 58197 23127 184771 142414 42357 65792 64059 1733 32711 30518 2193 2735 2243 492 260633 215458 45175 104428 52455 51973 Nursery Supplies & Lab 78129 78129 Dues & License Fees 6822 6201 621 Recruitment 1923 1717 206 5483690 5062666 421024 0 495249 267907 384036 358496 46555 25421 7206670 3994850 3258335 3211820 12701411 13885281 16885586 17748925 317724 218327 18680 5900 94404 71939 430808 296166 X 8924266 9697858 494574 439954 7035938 7314947 16454778 17452759 16885586 17748925 X 251525 746456 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2603924 3166805 2395314 8004509 2483322 18653874 2603924 3166805 2395314 8004509 2483322 18653874 18653874 55 55 227866 248182 258899 238700 235393 1209040 19862969 14032067 0.93910 0.94090 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: Administrative Fee - 2012 Amount: $ 227,866. 2013 Amount: $ 248,182. 2014 Amount: $ 258,899. 2015 Amount: $ 238,700. 2016 Amount: $ 232,347. Other Revenue - 2016 Amount: $ 3,046. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 500000 -500000 1 1 20300 20300 5859078 2923223 2935855 836078 736129 99949 491214 335498 155716 3211820 Assets Held in Remainder Trusts 41707 Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trusts 3302805 Beneficial Interest in Net Assets of Foundation 9863846 Due from Affiliate 676923 13885281 Current Obligation Under Capital Lease 23206 Obligation Under Capital Lease, Less Current Portion 48733 71939 X 6579600 97929 2996974 3094903 3484697 2250518 2250518 5735215 5581619 97929 97929 5483690 0 5483690 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, 2017. The Organizations file Form 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in the State of Illinois. The Organizations are generally no longer subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for years before fiscal 2014. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Chnage in Value of Split Interest Agreements and Trusts 268,406. Change in Value of Beneficial Interest in Foundation 2,728,568. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Distributions from the Foundation 2,250,518. 1 Expectant Parent Medical Expenses 45192 Expectant Parent Housing Expenses 6247 Expectant Parent Travel Expenses 2290 Other Living Expenses Paid on Behalf of Expectant Parents 10591 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 Merrilee Hepler COO/Acting President (Thru 11/29/16) 136971 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20538 0 157509 0 0 0 X InfantFormula 1 70385 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 Audit Committee 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 Compensation Committee determines if any increase will be approved considering both the data and the organization's ability to make the adjustment. The Compensation 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 268,406. Change in Beneficial Interest in Net Assets of Foundation 2,728,568. Distributions from the Foundation -2,250,518. 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 2250518 Cash The Cradle Foundation L 232347 Actual Cost