Central Ohio Youth for Christ Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311011430
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6148484870
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Youth Development – Religious Leadership
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,333,347
Expenses
$4,924,896
Assets
$9,988,589
Liabilities
$3,638,549

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT ARNOLD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT ARNOLD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $151,804 total reported compensation
  • MICHELE DAVIS (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $97,871 total reported compensation
  • LINDA HANES (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $70,538 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Coyfc reaches young people everywhere, working with the local church and other like minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and prayer, passion for sharing the love of christ and commitment to social involvement.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization conducts these additional activities: campus life: campus life is a high school/middle school program designed to reach out to the suburban area in central Ohio with mainstream students. Programs include a weekly club meeting, camps, trips, retreats and mentoring programs. Campus life served 450 students last year.deaf teen quest: deaf teen quest is a high school and middle school program designed to reach out to deaf and hard of hearing students. Programs include weekly meetings, mentoring, bible studies, life coaching, camps, trips, and retreats. Deaf teen quest served 101 students last year.equip skills center: equip skills center is an automotive training program for teens designed to teach automotive skills in general and job-related soft skills. Students will also learn and practice life skills of customer relations, workplace ethics, money management and conflict resolution. Equip skills center receives donated cars from the community to support this training center. Equip skills center works alongside and in partnership with equip auto sales. Equip skills center served 144 students last year.equip auto sales: vehicles donated to coyfc will ultimately be transferred to equip auto sales for evaluation, to repair, dispose of, or sell on the equip auto sales car lot. Purchases vehicles at auction, repairs and sells them on the equip auto sales car lot.equip business solutions: formerly value added business services, is a social enterprise solely owned by equip enterprises. It is designed to generate revenue to support the youth programming of coyfc and to develop and offer job skills programming. Current product lines include office supplies, janitorial supplies and promotional products.parent life: parent life serves teens that are either pregnant or have children. Classes in parenting, relationships, and life skills are provided. The moms have opportunity to attend a bible study, and to be mentored. Teen parents served 12 students last year.shared services agreement with gracehaven. A related 501c3 organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.