Darius Pettway Life Skool
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851888264
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,363
- Expenses
- $9,538
- Assets
- $19,896
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Darius Pettway (CE)
- Shaquille Tensley (Chair)
- Tagreed Shamieh (Sectary)
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
Life Skools primary exempt purpose is to provide youth and families with mentoring behavioral health support and leadership development services designed to improve emotional regulation decision-making academic engagement and pro-social behavior. The organization delivers community-based programs that include counseling case management restorative justice programming and life-skills education to help youth develop coping strategies reduce involvement with the juvenile justice system and strengthen family and community connections. Services are provided in schools homes and community settings to promote long-term personal growth accountability and positive outcomes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Life Skool operated a restorative justice program in partnership with the Dallas County Juvenile Probation Department under a memorandum of understanding. The program provided leadership development mentoring accountability-focused programming and restorative practices to youth involved in the juvenile justice system. During the tax year the program served 7 youth at no cost with services provided as a community-based diversion and prevention effort.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.7%; rating input score 43
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 57.3%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.