A New Day Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821965126
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Phone
8187045163
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$851,053
Expenses
$807,573
Assets
$163,601
Liabilities
$3,127

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAWNN LEWIS (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAWNN LEWIS (President): $140,291 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose for which the organization is organized is to provide financial and programmatic support toward the empowerment and education of underserved youth; provide capacity building pro bono services to assist small/grassroots nonprofits, and to provide general community support services in underserved communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

A New Day foundation provided the following in 2025:1. A 5 day Band Camp at Columbia College (Chicago)- 38 musicians. The Cinelli Foundation was a vital sponsor of that event.2. A full semester of coding classes for grades 5 & 6 at two schools in Chicago Ill.3. Full year of virtual workshops for currently enrolled HBCU Students with partner: HBCU Heroes.4. Full year of in person job preparation workshops with 2 middle schools and 2 high schools in Long Beach, CA.5. Annual Focused N.F.I.T for a Different World Conference (May 2, 2026 @ LACC).6. An excursion for 30 HS students to the Smithsonian African American History Museum.7. Partnered with LAPD to instruct students in the workings of law enforcement.8. Indoor skydiving and aerodynamics workshop for Teen Boys-Chicago.9. Broadway immersion- The Color Purple, and private talkback with principal cast and orchestra for teen girls-Chicago.10. TopGolf Family Experience: A focused workshop to give teens and their parents tangible tools to improve communication and engagement, while sharing the opportunity to learn fundamentals in golf: Teen boys/Father and Teen Girls/ Mother. Note: recently held March 7, 2026 event at Top Golf Los Angeles for 96 participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 52.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 36.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.8% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $713K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.