Actinc Adults Caring for Teens

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202780087
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2015
Location
White Plains, NY, USA
Phone
8455589296
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Delinquency Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$348,450
Expenses
$363,860
Assets
$332,224
Liabilities
$179

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ONIKKA WHITEHEAD (TREASURER)
  • LILY SMITH (MEMBER)
  • MYRNIA BASS- HARGROVE (BOARD MEMBER)

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

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

Overview

Mission

A.c.t. Inc supports youth and family development by providing programs services incliding mentoring workforce development vocational training, job placement assistance with wraparound case management.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Organization served 325 clients directly and provided wrap-around services to 170 family members of those clients; accordingly, services were provided to a total of 495 individuals in 2022. Directtly served clients participated in various programs including College Prep and Guidence, Girls Circle, Boys Counseland Young Men, One-on -One Mentoring, Ready, Set Work, Financial Litercacy, and Workforce Development Vocational Training and Job Placement. Family members were provided with referrals to community resources and received job placement assistance. Scholarships were awared to under-served first year college students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.8%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 36.4%; rating input score 36; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.8% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $313K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 36/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.