Yonkers Partners in Education Inc

Overview

Mission

Yonkers partners in education (ypie) partners with students to ensure they are ready for, enroll in, and complete college. We confront the challenges of low-income urban school districts by providing families with equitable access to the critical tools and services necessary for college success. Ypie has put a college degree and careers within reach for thousands of underrepresented, first-generation students. Ypie provides its proven model to high school and college students from yonkers, ny, jersey city, nj, and nashville, tn.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other program services.ypie for allypie provides resources and events for students across the school districts we serve, including those not enrolled in ypie programs.ypie for all events include: college essay workshops, application completion workshops, common application completion workshops, fafsa/financial aid form completion workshops, and family meetings.wrap around servicesmental health: ypie partners with westchester jewish community services (wjcs) and rwjbarnabas, established community therapy providers, to provide students and their families with therapy sessions at no cost. These therapy sessions take each young person's cultural identity, language preferences, and family dynamics into consideration to ensure each young person is validated and receives the care that they need.emergency fund: the ypie college success emergency fund ensures that students in the ypie college success program have the means to respond to emergency situations that may arise during their time in college without compromising their academic progress.food: ypie provides healthy snack options to our students after school at the ypie college zone at each site.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061760636
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Yonkers, NY, USA
Phone
9143774882
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,487,677
Expenses
$3,734,596
Assets
$3,856,456
Liabilities
$682,693

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $212K · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SAM WALLIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $211,913 total reported compensation
  • CATHERINE BUCK (SITE DIRECTOR JERSEY CITY): $116,007 total reported compensation
  • JACOB SCHOFIELD (DIRECTOR, SCIENCE RESEARCH): $114,846 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.