Charlia Frank Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883195656
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Phone
8455590618
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,903
Expenses
$91,948
Assets
$1,011
Liabilities
$7

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kedaer Parks (Founder & Executive Director)
  • Starasia Fernandez (President)

People named in this filing

  • Kedaer Parks (Founder & Executive Director)
  • Starasia Fernandez (President)
  • Cobey Jones II (CFO)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charlia Frank Inc.'s mission is to empower underserved youth and communities through educational enrichment, workforce development, mentorship, and community based programs that promote self sufficiency, leadership, and positive social outcomes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Other Program Services: The organization provided summer programming that reached 260 youth through five creative and skill building programs, including Sewing, Cooking, Filmmaking, Creative Writing, and Mindfulness. Two new initiatives Friday Night Lights and Saturday Morning Lights were launched in November 2025 to expand year round engagement. Across all activities, the organization achieved a 90% attendance rate and 80% participant engagement, demonstrating strong community interest and meaningful program impact.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 55.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.