Be The Narrative Formerly Student to Student Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873354547
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3142225520
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,365
Expenses
$82,501
Assets
$186,640
Liabilities
$34,192

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Terkel (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Joseph Pereles (Chairman)
  • John Kalishman (Treasurer)
  • Lauren Fryefield (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Be the Narrative renamed from Student to Student in 2023 was formed to create and deliver interactive educational programs that connect Jewish and non-Jewish peers with the goal to develop leaders and reduce prejudice.

What it reported doing in 2024

Development and implementation of interactive educational programs that connect Jewish and non-Jewish peers. BTN advised local Student to Student organizations in several cities to develop and expand their programs. BTN held a training conference in St. Louis to bring local STS leaders together for training and collaboration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -70.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.