American Youth Hostels Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742437771
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5124442294
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Temporary Housing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $406,464
- Expenses
- $426,855
- Assets
- $201,498
- Liabilities
- $17,097
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help all, especially the young, gain a greater understanding of the world and its people through hostelling.
What it reported doing in 2011
Hi-southwest Texas provides safe and affordable accomodations to over 14,000 travelers annually. In addition, we offer free travel classes in our community, youth education programs to promote cultural awareness and appreciation, and travel scholarships for youth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $322K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.