Alliance for Youth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810429575
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Great Falls, MT, USA
Phone
4069520018
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,736,950
Expenses
$1,427,708
Assets
$2,175,736
Liabilities
$60,196

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHELLE ROGERS (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH BLOOMGREN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTY PONTET-STROOP (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTY PONTET-STROOP (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $70,717 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alliance for youth creates social change to advance healthy youth and family development within north central Montana communities through educational and collaborative approaches.

What it reported doing in 2024

The youth resource center (yrc) meets the physical, social and emotional needs of vulnerable youth in a low-barrier, safe, secure and supportive environment. The yrc drop-in center is a first point of contact that provides an informal atmosphere to attract and engage youth who are disadvantaged and/or homeless. Key features of the yrc include; low- or no-barrier: foster a welcoming, safe, non-judgemental environment, with limited requirements. Meet basic needs; provide easy access to food, laundry, shower and clothes. Provide access to internet, phones, and lockers for storage of belongings. Scheduled visiting medical staff can provide optional basic healthcare and first aid. Trauma-informed care: despite the informal atmosphere, staff is trained and ready to provide crisis intervention, conflict resolution and supporting services. Positive youth development; staff is trained to develop the youth's competence, confidence, connection and contribution. Youth focused; create a positive and healthy peer network for youth, access to caring adults and engage in youth-centered programming. Service coordination: operate as a central hub for services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health care, substance abuse treatment, housing search support and advocacy. Staff can help with documentation and facilitates school re-engagement or connection to adult basic workforce development programs. Drop-in centers operate in tandem with mobile "street" outreach programs, family engagement centers, emergency shelters and transitional housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $349.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 3rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.