Aftercare for Indiana Through Mentoring Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454047222
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3178748470
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Child Matching Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$217,600
Expenses
$314,900
Assets
$248,043
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE DONALDSON JD (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOANN HELFERICH (EXECUTIVE DI): $66,144 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization provides mentoring, life skills and job training to at risk youth to help empower them to become productive members in our community.

What it reported doing in 2015

Crossroads caf culinary job training program- aim operates an intensive full-time (10 week) and part-time (8 week) job training program for at-risk youth involved with the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems. The program provides comprehensive training in food preparation and sanitation, life skills training, mentoring and job placement assistance and support. Aim served 25 youth in the culinary job training programs. Of those completing the program 75% were enrolled in an educational program and/or employed. 65% remained in school or employed for at least 6 months. No program youth initiated or had further involvement with the juvenile or criminal justice system while participating in the program. During the summer, the crossroads culinary employment program employed 8 at-risk youth from low income families. The youth gained real world job experience working in the crossroads caf and by preparing and serving more than 1,300 meals to children from low income families. 85% of the youth were enrolled in an educational program and/or employed within six months of leaving the program. Through our positive youth development program, 25 youth received mentoring and life skills training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -44.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -79% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -32.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $283K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $66K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.