East Palo Alto Youth Court
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263204191
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6504279492
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Delinquency Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,373
- Expenses
- $74,772
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Tarah Evans (Chairman)
- Jeff Liu (Vice Chairman)
- Dyane Matas (Board 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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
East Palo Alto Youth Court's mission is to provide a restorative justice alternative to suspensions that is youth-led and non-adversarial to help young people understand the harm their actions have caused to others and to their school, take steps to repair that harm, and learn to make better decisions in the future.
What it reported doing in 2015
East Palo Alto Youth Court operated as a viable alternative to suspensions by utilizing a restorative justice model that provides a youth-led, non-adversarial process to help young people understand the harm their actions have caused to others and to their school, take steps to repair that harm, and learn to make better decisions in the future. In contrast to suspension, detention or other punishments, the Alternative to Suspension Program reinforces membership in the school community by emphasizing inclusiveness, relationship building, and problem solving, as productive strategies to build healthy school communities and address disciplinary issues when they arise. In addition, the Alternative to Suspension Program trains youths in valuable, transferrable skills, such as public speaking, active listening, critical thinking and collaborative decision-making, and instills a habit of civic engagement. East Palo Alto Youth Court provided the Alternative to Suspension Program to five schools in East Palo Alto: Costaño School, The San Francisco 49ers Academy, Green Oaks Academy, Cesar Chavez Academy, and Belle Haven Community School. East Palo Alto Youth Court introduced restorative justice to over 500 students. East Palo Alto Youth Court trained over 75 student volunteers to lead the peer restorative justice circles. Over 120 students at risk for suspension utilized the Alternative to Suspension Program and were given constructive restorative justice consequences in lieu of out of school suspension. East Palo Alto is predominantly low and very low income. The students served are predominantly African American, Pacific Islander, and Hispanic.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -54.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.