Advocates for Youth Education Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311281163
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Mason, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5136161411
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $59,771
- Expenses
- $53,164
- Assets
- $42,957
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLE CUTTER-HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SUKI SKIDMORE (VICE PRESIDE)
- CAROLE CUTTER-HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)
- RENEE DUNN (FINANCIAL SE)
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
Improve quality of life by providing scholarships to african american youth who have fewer educational opportunities than other young people.
What it reported doing in 2025
Thirteen scholarships were awarded to well deserving youth in the current period. Eighteen scholarships were paid (seven from prior year, and eleven from the current year, leaving two unpaid awards).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.