Allegheny Partners for Out-of- School Time Apost Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920599534
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4128525497
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$620,414
Expenses
$758,938
Assets
$919,600
Liabilities
$47,311

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHRYN VARGAS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN DREYER (EXECUTIVE DI): $164,499 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Allegheny partners for out-of-school time (apost) is a convener, connector and collaborator with out-of-school time (ost) providers focusing on school-aged youth in allegheny county. Our mission: we collaborate with providers to strengthen and advocate for high-quality, sustainable out-of- school time (ost) experiences so that all youth thrive. Our vision: every youth in allegheny county has access to high-quality ost learning opportunities that strengthen their development, empower communities, and are recognized as essential to educational and workforce development systems.

What it reported doing in 2025

2025 accomplishments trained out-of-school time staff in weikart youth work methods workshops, workshops that provide resources for out-of-school time staff to build safe, supportive, interactive, and engaging environments in which young people can successfully develop higher-order learning and leadership skills. Apost offers these workshops at no cost and in 2025, 202 unduplicated people attended weikart workshops, with many people attending more than one workshop, for a total attendance of 270. Supported 17 people in completing the managers cohort, an apost program to increase capacity of managers at out-of-school time organizations by building relationships with other managers and gaining content knowledge about various aspects of program management. Supported 16 organizations in completing apost's quality campaign, a cohort learning opportunity for out-of-school time organizations to assess their programs and identify areas where they can strengthen program quality. Delivered a bimonthly newsletter to over 1,000 subscribers that included information on apost updates, professional development opportunities, events and resources for out-of-school time staff, out-of-school time employment opportunities, and opportunities for youth. Supported 35 organizations with resources to implement 49 lights on afterschool activities to celebrate afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of children, families, and communities. Piloted an evaluation learning cohort for 6 out-of-school time organizations. Implemented a conference for 121 out-of-school time professionals to learn more about partnerships in ost programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 59%; rating input score 59
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 64th 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 60.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.7% of revenue deployed · 59% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $448K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.