Conscious Youth Solutions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815361129
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Sioux Falls, SD, USA
- Phone
- 7632224106
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Employment Procurement Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,497
- Expenses
- $152,654
- Assets
- $32,963
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lich Tut (President)
People named in this filing
- Lich Tut (President)
- Immanuel Bassey (Tresurer)
- Lennete Patterson (Secretary)
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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The stated vision of the Conscious Youth Solutions, Inc is an individualized approach to cradle to career readiness. Its mission is to empower and connect underserved youth and millennials to advanced workforce training and career exploration. The purposes of the Conscious Youth Solutions are as follows: Conscious Youth Solutions, Inc is a non-profit 501 c 3 organization that provides workforce training and career exploration. It is responsive to the needs of the community by: Establishing a foundation for youth socio-economic activities; Developing and presenting educational programs, seminars, conferences, and workshops that facilitate workforce training, career exploration, and diversity & inclusion awareness; Serving as a resource for and a conduit to youth and diversity related educational and networking opportunities; * Exploring community partnerships that support the mission of the Conscious Youth Solutions; Promoting and celebrating the enrichment of diversity
What it reported doing in 2020
Provide on-site workforce and diversity training for businesses, governmental entities, and public and private schools, colleges, and universities in Sioux Falls. To the extent possible, such training shall be provided free of charge to the requesting business or entity. Provide workforce and diversity conferences and workshops in Sioux Falls which shall be open to the public at the lowest cost possible. Develop promotional materials and public relations campaigns, explaining the benefits of providing training to our diverse youth and ethnic groups in Sioux Falls. Support, promote, and sponsor events in Sioux Falls which promote workforce development, career exploration, diversity and inclusion. Provide training that encourages and supports the employment and/or business creation among minorities or the disadvantaged in Sioux Falls.
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: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 15.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $153K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.