DAFT Youth Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843842097
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Newburgh, NY, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,577
Expenses
$150,814
Assets
$15,014
Liabilities
$821

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tanika McCullough (Executive Director)
  • Gretchen Quill (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tanika McCullough (Executive Director): $50,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to empower students through restorative justice and social-emotional support, valuing their uniqueness, cultivating self-determination, and fostering emotional intelligence for lasting success and positive community impact.

What it reported doing in 2025

Students in our program attended after school Monday through Friday from October to June. All students participated in a variety of activities such as culinary arts, career exploration, movement, restorative justice circles, art expression, and mental health wellness workshops that focused on stress management, coping strategies, and selfcare practices. We administered social emotional learning assessments to determine each student's level of Emotional Intelligence. At the end of the year, we used the data collected to make informed decisions about next year's programming. In addition, surveys were given to assess engagement and level of interest from students. This year we served 20 students with 100 percent of participants identifying as Latino and African American. The objective of the program was to provide a safe and supportive environment for students to engage with one another, build new skill sets, and strengthen emotional intelligence while also promoting positive mental health. Furthermore, to address any mental health challenges that acted as barriers to individual student success. This outcome was achieved as reflected in student surveys, where participants reported handling their emotions more effectively, practicing healthier coping strategies, and feeling better supported in their overall well-being after completing the program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2,782.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.8% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.