Black Youth Leadership Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320036076
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Elk Grove, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9164795468
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,148,085
- Expenses
- $1,053,277
- Assets
- $383,842
- Liabilities
- $18,255
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LORREEN PRYOR (President & CEO)
- DENZELL JORDAN PERRY (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- LORREEN PRYOR (President & CEO): $181,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
BYLP empowers Black youth by breaking down systemic barriers through leadership development, education, and community engagement. We advocate for equity in K-12 education, raise awareness of social justice issues, and provide skills, resources, and mentorship to help Black youth thrive academically, professionally, and socially. Through workshops, networking, and service projects, we nurture leadership, foster civic engagement, and inspire positive change within our communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Ypmp mbsat (mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment): offered in partnership with continuity consulting and ca department of corrections, ypmp mbsat serves youth ages 12-26, especially justice-impacted individuals, providing substance abuse education, mindfulness tools, mentorship, and pathways into the treatment field to address sacramento countys substance use crisis. Ogether, these programs holistically support black youths academic, social, and emotional development, empowering them as future community leaders.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 49
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.9%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 57.6%; rating input score 58
- 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: 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 34.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.9% of revenue deployed · 57.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $607K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.