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Ratings & Metrics
Financial Documents
| Entity | Document Type | Tax ID |
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| CEDARS Home for Children Foundation & CEDARS Youth Services | Audited Consolidated Financial Statements | multiple |
| CEDARS Home for Children Foundation | IRS Form 990 | 47-6024881 |
| CEDARS Youth Services | IRS Form 990 | 47-0551975 |
| CEDARS Youth Services | Audited Financial Statements | 47-0551975 |
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Entity: CEDARS Home for Children Foundation & CEDARS Youth Services Document Type: Audited Consolidated Financial Statements Tax ID: multiple |
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Entity: CEDARS Home for Children Foundation Document Type: IRS Form 990 Tax ID: 47-6024881 |
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Entity: CEDARS Youth Services Document Type: IRS Form 990 Tax ID: 47-0551975 |
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Entity: CEDARS Youth Services Document Type: Audited Financial Statements Tax ID: 47-0551975 |
Governance & Transparency
Top Salaries
| Name | Title | Compensation | |
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| 1 | James Blue | President/CEO | $200,539 |
| 2 | Cindy Rudolph | CFO | $152,387 |
| 3 | Tina Rhode | VP, Human Resources | $113,749 |
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1 Name: James Blue Title: President/CEO Compensation: $200,539 |
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2 Name: Cindy Rudolph Title: CFO Compensation: $152,387 |
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3 Name: Tina Rhode Title: VP, Human Resources Compensation: $113,749 |
Analysts' Notes
UPDATE: May 13th, 2026 CharityWatch no longer updates its rating of CEDARS. This decision should not be interpreted as either a positive or negative assessment of the organization. Rather, it reflects structural and reporting changes that limit CharityWatch’s ability to continue evaluating CEDARS under its rating methodology. CharityWatch’s last rating of CEDARS was based on the organization’s fiscal 2021 consolidated audited financial statements, which included both CEDARS Home for Children Foundation (the Foundation; tax ID #47-6024881) and CEDARS Youth Services (Youth Services; tax ID #47-0551975). In those consolidated financial statements, all inter-organization amounts and transactions were eliminated as part of the audit consolidation process. Since that time, according to Part XII of the Foundation's fiscal 2025 IRS Form 990, the Foundation no longer publishes consolidated audited financial statements. As a result, CharityWatch is unable to evaluate the entities on the same consolidated basis used in its prior ratings.
Based on Youth Services' fiscal 2024 IRS Form 990, CharityWatch notes that Youth Services derives the vast majority of its total revenue from its Youth Service Programs ($12.5 million in fiscal 2024) as compared to public contributions ($5.7 million). Of the contributions Youth Services received in fiscal 2024, approximately $2.6 million was received from the government; $1.8 million was received from its related organization, CEDARS Home for Children; and $241,743 consisted of donations of noncash donations of clothing and household goods. Meaning, only a small portion of its total revenue consisted of cash donations from the general public. With respect to the Foundation, while it does report operating in multiple states, it is not a nationwide organization. CharityWatch generally focuses its rating coverage on charities of broad national scope and donor interest. In fiscal 2024 the Foundation reports receiving approximately $3.5 million in contributions and generating approximately $5.7 million in investment income. In fiscal 2025 it reports receiving public contributions of approximately $3.9 million and generating investment income of $949,486. The Foundation reports total net assets of approximately $54.1 million as of its fiscal year ended June 30th, 2025. Of this amount, approximately $42.7 million consisted of investments in publicly traded securities. |
CharityWatch's rating of CEDARS includes the financial activities of the two 501(c)(3) public charities consolidated in its fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 audited financial statements: CEDARS Home for Children Foundation (tax ID #47-6024881) and CEDARS Youth Services (tax ID #47-0551975). All inter-organization amounts and transactions have been eliminated in the audit consolidation. |
According to the CEDARS Home for Children Foundation & CEDARS Youth Services consolidated audit of June 30, 2021 (Note 11, PPP Loan): "CEDARS Youth Services received [a] $1,517,100 loan from the SBA's [Small Business Administration's] Payroll Protection Program ['PPP']. This program provides loans to businesses that may be forgiven, provided certain criteria are met. ... The loan was fully forgiven in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021." |
According to the CEDARS Home for Children Foundation & CEDARS Youth Services consolidated audit of June 30, 2021 (Note 10, Economic Dependency): "CEDARS Youth Services received $5,862,448 or 79.44% of its service revenues during the year ended June 30, 2021, from the State of Nebraska, either through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services or the Probation Office. If this major funding source was lost, CEDARS Youth Services could not continue the level of services currently provided for that program." |
According to the CEDARS Home for Children Foundation & CEDARS Youth Services consolidated audit of June 30, 2021 (Note 13, Risks and Uncertainties): "The COVID-19 pandemic, whose effects first became known in January 2020, is having a broad negative impact on commerce and financial markets around the world. The United States and global markets experienced significant declines in value resulting from uncertainty caused by the pandemic. The extent of the impact of COVID-19 on the Organization's operational and financial performance will depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and its impacts on the Organization's customers, employees, and vendors all of which at present, cannot be determined. Accordingly, the extent to which COVID-19 may impact the Organization's financial position and changes in net assets and cash flows is uncertain and the accompanying [audited] consolidated financial statements include no adjustments related to the effects of this pandemic." |