A Different Outcome Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 853029655
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2020–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Castelton, NY, USA
Phone: 5184073104
Rating: 48
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Youth Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue: $9,325
Expenses: $20,378
Assets: $8,209
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Kevin Green Jr (President)
Daniel Chase (Vice President & COO)
Morgan Austin (Executive Director & Chief Outreach Officer)

People named in this filing

Kevin Green Jr (President)
Daniel Chase (Vice President & COO)
Sean Smith (Treasurer & CFO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing inner-city youth the opportunity to alter the trajectory of their lives. We believe that early intervention and mentoring will unlock the unlimited potential inherent in our young men. Giving back to the community in this specific way is something Kevin Green Sr. & Jr. had discussed over the years. The immediate need to pivot to a virtual world exposed the sad fact that black boys were overwhelmingly on the wrong side of the digital divide. Widespread civil unrest, growing racial tensions and inherent systemic inadequacies created a perfect storm to widen the almost insurmountable gap in education, mental health, and financial literacy. A Different Outcome (ADO) is not your traditional nonprofit. This organization was designed to thrive in a virtual environment but built to easily transition as things normalize.

What it reported doing in 2025

A Different Outcome was able to distribute laptops to at risk youths through out New York State and Maryland. We provide each student with the equipment and training to thrive in an increasingly digital world including: Brand-new laptop computer, Access to broadband internet, Personal tutoring, and One-on-one mentoring. Mental and Emotional Wellness: ADO begins the process of reducing the stigma around mental health issues in the African American community. We provide a forum for discussing feelings and concerns associated with current events ( racism, civil unrest, etc.). We teach participants coping strategies to deal with bullying (online and physical) and identity issues. We utilize a custom designed curriculum focused on building self-esteem and confidence. Financial literacy: We teach our mentees the importance of saving and investing and how to use the tools of compound interest and passive income to increase their money and to build long term wealth. We will work with the student and his family to establish a saving account. Our participants will learn the dangers (and appropriate use) of credit. Our students will be introduced to the stock market, utilizing tools such as Investopedia's stock market simulator. Students will research and select investments and track them for the entirety of the program

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 80% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 14
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 26
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 18.4%; rating input score 18
Program expense ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -118.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -62.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -36.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 18.4% of revenue deployed · 8.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

Key Signals

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

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.