BOSS Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275341862
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Phone
5626198460
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,251,945
Expenses
$854,250
Assets
$1,449,068
Liabilities
$19,436

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Everett Glenn (Executive Dir.): $80,002 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide mentoring, tutoring, and counseling to at-risk youths.

What it reported doing in 2025

BOSS Camp includes facility rental, meals, field activities, counseling, and mentoring. BOSS Camp is an intense two week experience that begins BOSS year-round programming every summer. Boys learn about the BOSS process of leadership development; take numerous field trips (Microsoft, SpaceX, Port of Long Beach, Lakers basketball clinic); hear from accomplished professionals and practice their communication skills; sharpen critical thinking skills; and engage with their mentors to establish momentum and a positive mindset for success in life and the coming school year. BOSS boys get the opportunity to participate in the annual Math Madness competition; design and build robotics projects; and build and practice their coding skills while learning about future STEM career opportunities. We are pleased to report that 99% of high school grads are pursuing post-secondary education at a time when nearly 75% of the same youth do not qualify to even apply to college at high school graduation, including 13 high school graduates in 2025. Leveraging our train the trainer strategy, we have also supported 15 college students to graduation, including several pursuing advanced degrees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.4%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $96.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.8%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.4% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $696K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.