First Glance Student Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202610539
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Akron, OH, United States
- Phone
- 330.848.9685
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $605,045
- Expenses
- $583,752
- Assets
- $998,577
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELLE HIGHSMITH (PRESIDENT)
- TAMI VALVO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JESSICA SWIGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JESSICA SWIGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,000 total reported compensation
- KASEY PARMALEE (BUSINESS DIRECTOR): $60,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are beyond grateful for our community partners that generously offer their support, making our programming possible. Meet our Partners We Get to Be Family. Our Mission. We exist to connect students and their communities to Christ and the Church through real, loving, and non-threatening avenues. First Glance _at_ a Glance. When you become a monthly sponsor** , you are helping us meet our students’ tangible needs! Your monthly donation of a $35 sponsorship will provide things like meals offered at programming, all our weekly programs, and special outings — like ziplining, bowling, eating dinner out, and more. Sponsor a Student Sponsor-A-Program.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mentoring is a primary focus of each of first glance's programs. The student leader program (averaging 10 students) is a co-ed program that specifically deals with students who are seeking to be leaders and role models among their peers or who have been identified as those with that potential. Ladies' night out (averaging 25 students weekly) provides an opportunity for middle and high school girls to deal with the very real relationship struggles that accompany their age. Man up (averaging 20 students weekly) focuses on encouraging middle and high school boys to become men of character. Young adults (averaging 15 students) is for those students who exceed the age limit of other programs. Almost leaders is a program designed to transition former students into the role of volunteer mentor, allowing them the opportunity to give back to the community. This program focuses on leadership training and pairs seasoned leaders with each participant. Hip hop night (averaging 5 students) pairs adult mentors with youth who share an interest in creating music beats and writing lyrics to songs. Launch kenmore (averaging 30 students each day) is an after-school program that meets in a local elementary school and offers both intentional bible teaching and educational assistance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $485K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.