Allies in Youth Development

Overview

Mission

Allies in Youth Development provides donors, advocates, and volunteers the organization they need to rescue orphans from a future of despair by providing them with human connection, life skills, and a pathway to education. Our 2026 Vision. Because of the trauma of being abandoned or losing both parents, many orphans put up emotional walls that cause reckless behavior or lack of trust in adults. In-country volunteers create environments that help to breach these walls and empower these students through the process of volunteering to be a big brother or big sister to needy orphans, giving them a cause to be passionate about and a way to facilitate life change. Education and Life Skills Nearly half of orphans who age out of orphanages and do not go to a university will end up homeless, become involved in crime and drugs, and get lost in the corruption of human trafficking. The average...

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.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 87
• Transparency & Controls: 55
• Accountability: 81
• Sustainability: 18
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 7 people listed
• Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
• Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
• Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
• 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.