Citykids Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133453226
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2129253320
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $124,928
- Expenses
- $256,326
- Assets
- $23,625
- Liabilities
- $86,312
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURIE MEADOFF (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TERRY HUMMEL (CHAIR)
- LAURIE MEADOFF (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL STERNBERG (TREASURER)
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
To empower urban young people, ages 13 t0 19, through arts and educational programs to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed in school, the workplace and in life at their headquarters in New York city (youth services) and through program outreach activities in New York and in other areas of the country (youth outreach).
What it reported doing in 2024
Through creative expression performances, corresponding workshops and interactive videos, books and other media, repertory company, challenges communities to develop a response to relevant social issues. Qualified instructors provide training in dance, vocal techniques, non-verbal communication, acting, writing, and other artistic disciplines throughout the year. Through these lessons, participants learn to be a part of a group, to take a project to conclusion, and to deal with the interplay among young people with different ideas and talents. Rhyme & reason, new works lab and cubenomix offer youth a safe space to create and express their own creativity, while honing artistic, production and performance skills. Coalition is an open and interactive workshop where young people every week learn individual and group communication skills through youth-directed and youth-facilitated dialogue. Citykids in action (ckia) is the advanced youth leadership training program that provides intensive leadership training while challenging and supporting new leaders to apply these skills to citykids activities. Special projects include women's empowerment group, male awareness now, and alumni partnerships which are designed to ensure that youth are actively engaged in their own development in areas that are most relevant to them.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 6
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -105.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.65; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $234K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.