Baldwin Youth Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
630699971
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Robertsdale, AL, USA
Phone
2519475149
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,190,173
Expenses
$1,275,355
Assets
$3,480,267
Liabilities
$126,882

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOSHUA WILLIAMS (CHAIRMAN)
  • JOSH HEMBREE (VICE CHAIRMA)
  • JAMIE HARDY (SECRETARY)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The immediate mission is to provide homecare and counseling to troubled and displaced youth on a temporary basis. The longterm aim is to work with these young people so that they can overcome their trevails and become a contributing member of society.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the year october 1, 2024 to september 30, 2025, baldwin youth services, inc. Has provided shelter care services to over 100 children. Of those youth: some were foster children placed by county department of human resources agencies awaiting a more permanent placement; some children who were placed either by juvenile probation or already adjudicated as chins (child in need of supervision) children by juvenile court and were placed by the juvenile court judge; some were children placed by the parent or legal custodian who were having difficulty with their children at home and were in need of crisis intervention services. The children were able to remain enrolled and counted present in their current school by attending our on-campus school program. They also received weekly group counseling, daily life skills training, and were provided with clothing and necessary toiletry/hygiene items during their stay. During this same time frame our boys' home provided services to boys and our girls' home provided services to girls. Each child was placed at our facility by baldwin county juvenile court judge as a community based corrections program to provide services to the children. The average length of stay for a child at either group home is six months. While in our home the children attended public school, received weekly counseling, received daily life skills training, and had the opportunity to earn weekend passes to visit with their family on the weekends. Together with their parents, the children placed at our group homes attended our pact (parent and child training) parenting program facilitated by a clinical psychologist. A total of over 40 families benefitted from the classes, which are provided free of charge and open to the general public, in addition to being provided to our families involved with bys.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 84% 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

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.