Babies Youth Children Empowerment Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271634251
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Missouri City, TX, USA
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,054
Expenses
$136,324
Assets
$45,077

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Lynda Wright Gittens (Founder CEO Executive Director Interim Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Lynda Wright Gittens (Founder CEO Executive Director Interim Secretary)
  • Sharleyne Silcott (Treasurer)
  • Karren Edwards (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To aid and nurture students with academic challenges in underserved communities with academic support and character-building camps. Our comprehensive and individualized academic support programs focus on skill challenges improving mental health identifying career potential college preparation and parental support.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Engagement: Back-to-School Community Event in the underresourced community -Sunnyside. BYCE co-hosted the Kickstart Back to School event to support students in Grades K-6 as they prepared for the new academic year. Community Resources & Services Provided: 137 backpacks with school supplies distributed. Approximately 15 free haircuts for students. Arts and crafts activities. Mobile game truck. Bubble park experience. Food and drinks were provided for families. Community Participation: 3 community vendors: BYCE Academic Services Youth Leadership Resources and Phillip Randolph Institute. Outcomes: Participants receive the academic tools required to support their grade-level success. Participants created paintings jewelry and other crafts. Families access essential educational resources and youth development opportunities. Parents received information on BYCE programs and academic services. Strengthened community connections and family engagement. Volunteer Value 2440

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.5%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 57.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 98.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.5% of revenue deployed · 6.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.