Cody Can Youth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833565549
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Cody, WY, USA
Phone
3078994372
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,750
Expenses
$219,969
Assets
$397,098
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MADDAX BALL (DIRECTOR)
  • BELLA BEACHLER (DIRECTOR)
  • WADE BOWER (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to encourage children to abstain from the use of illegal drugs. The organization operates programs for its participants, who are required to sign a contract to remain drug free, which contract must be signed by each participating student and his or her parent. The specific objectives and purposes of the organization are: 1. To sponsor and/or host events, activities, programs, and education for participants and the community, which are intended to encourage and promote living drug-free and excelling in life. 2. To provide positive reinforcement to participants for living drug-free and excelling by sponsoring participant-only events. 3. To provide opportunities for participants to engage in volunteer activities in the community and to participate in community activities. 4. To enter into arrangements with community businesses and local organizations to provide rewards and incentives to participants as a means to reinforce participants' decisio

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization recognizes that healthy kids come from healthy communities, so it provides tools, education, and activities to support wellness across the entire community, regardless of age, income level, race, or gender. In an ongoing effort to place the decision of students to remain healthy and drug free in the broader context of a healthy lifestyle within a healthy community, the organization continues to expand its community health and wellness programs, including: 1. Creating a strength class for young adults with disabilities. Participants are recent graduates of cody high school who are working to maintain a healthy lifestyle as they segue into either independent living or living with a caregiver. The organization has offered twice weekly exercise classes, which include nutrition and lifestyle education components. 2. The organization is partnering with the Wyoming department of health on a community health and wellness initiative - twice weekly strength and balance classes for senior citizens in the cody community funded by the Wyoming department of health through december of 2026. The primary goals of this program include developing stronger intergenerational community bonds between cody's senior citizens and cody high school youth by having the organization's members volunteer to assist with the classes. This volunteer opportunity furthers the organization's mission 3, which is stated above in this schedule o. (it takes a village and many teens do not have regular interactions with older family members.) a component of the grant was to utilize technology, so the organiztion is utilizing predictive technology along with community based interventions (the twice weekly strength classes) to prevent falls, safeguard independence, and improve mobility of seniors (ages 65 and up). In 2024, the organization provided these classes in two new locations - powell, Wyoming and laramie Wyoming. Reports of these activities, which are submitted to the wdh, are available on request from the organization. - sparta plates, which are currently primarily used in the military and professional sports leagues to identify the potential for injury and then provide prescriptive training interventions by measuring load, explode and drive. The organization uses the plates to assess "sway- and balance issues, as well as to measure generated force as a measure of strength.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -150.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 48.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 64.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 61.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $136K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.