Excelsior Youth Centers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 840681524
IRS 990 coverage: 2012–2017
Official website data refreshed: Sep 2026
Forms available: Form 990 2017
Location: Aurora, CO, USA
Phone: 3036931550
Rating: 77
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Standard
Sector: Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $4,569,241
Expenses: $8,908,264
Assets: $531,718
Liabilities: $18,985

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

SUSAN HEBERT (CEO THRU 12/17)

Highest reported compensation

SUSAN HEBERT (CEO THRU 12/17): $456,495 total reported compensation
KYLE TURNWALL (TREASURER/CFO): $287,366 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environment for at-risk girls, empowering them to overcome trauma and achieve their full potential.

What it reported doing in 2017

Excelsior provides outpatient and in-home family focused mental and behavioral health services for youth and families to overcome trauma and achieve lasting success in their lives. These programs are delivered in a variety of ways custom-fit to the individual and family's needs. Models of service delivery include individual, family, and group in-home and outpatient therapy, animal assisted therapy, addiction therapy, afterschool programs, early childhood mental health programs and parenting coaching/support programs. Excelsior provided an elementary classroom program for high risk youth to create a safe and structured environment for learning while also treating delinquent behaviors.

Operating model

Revenue model: Affiliate-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 93
Transparency & Controls: 75
Accountability: 82
Sustainability: 14
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
Fundraising efficiency: $64.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -95%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -21.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -22.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.5M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $456K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2017
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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: 3 of 8 not reported.
High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.