Barrio Action Youth & Family Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953431528
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3232210779
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,227,054
Expenses
$2,249,508
Assets
$1,775,820
Liabilities
$149,841

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EMILY YAP (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TAMMY MEMBRENO (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMILY YAP (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $161,675 total reported compensation
  • TAMMY MEMBRENO (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $155,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Providing education and other services to youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family Source Center Barrio Action Youth & Family Center, together with the collaborating agencies, shall provide a continuum of core services designed to financially empower poor, very-low, and low-income families to become self-sufficient by increasing family income through the provision of asset-building programs and also to prepare low-income youth to graduate from high school and qualify for post-secondary education. FamilySource Program Contractors shall provide universal access or intensive services to poverty, very-low and low-income residents. Universal access is defined as emergency or short-term services. Such services may include information and referral, multi-benefit screening, access to a community resource room or emergency rental assistance through the Emergency Rental Assistance Subsidy (ERAS) program. FamilySource Contractors shall identify poverty, very-low, and low-income residents in need of intensive services and accept referrals for youth and/or parent/guardians referred by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the City's Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) program, the City's WorkSource and YouthSource System, and other City programs. Intensive Services shall target the family unit, comprised of at least one parent/guardian and at least one middle or high school youth. Customers receiving intensive service are reserved for individuals who may be single, foster or emancipated youth, or in other special circumstances. The FamilySource Center (FSC) staff will assess the needs of each customer/family to establish need for Intensive Services. At the point when FSC staff determines that significant staff intervention will be required to serve the family/customer, the staff will proceed with enrolling the family/customer in the appropriate Intensive Services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.3% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 6 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.