FOUS Youth Development Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611458370
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Evergreen Park, IL, USA
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,243
- Expenses
- $58,474
- Assets
- $23,465
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christine Lear (Board President)
- Annette Kelly (President)
People named in this filing
- Christine Lear (Board President)
- Eloise Kelly (Finance Secretary)
- Regina Atwater (Board Director)
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
Part III. Statement of Program Service Accomplishments - The organizations primary purpose is to provide quality youth programming for girls ages 11-14 in high-needs communities and under-resourced schools. Through our GEMMS Mentoring program and GEMMS Double Dutch extension we address girl aggression and promote positive self-identity self-esteem self-regulation and healthy peer interactions. GEMMS Double Dutch also offers structured physical activity and tools to reduce stress. All activities follow FOUSs four core program design principles: safe supportive interactive and engaging environments to strengthen healthy development in participating girls.
What it reported doing in 2024
#28. The organization served a total of 336 youth through its programming and events. 1. GEMMS Girls Mentoring Program Primary Program Served directly 35 girls. FOUS operates its flagship GEMMS Girls Mentoring Program serving 35 seventh- and eighth-grade girls. The program is run during school hours by an organization staff person. Each grade participates in its own weekly 1-hour mentoring session offered from October through May 28 weeks. Core activities include content-driven lessons in social-emotional learning and life skills education and time for structured engagement activities that build connection and confidence. Each session includes healthy snacks with at least two items provided per student. The program concludes with recognition events including progress awards certificates of completion and end-of-program celebrations. Here is a summary of key numbers: 56 total mentoring sessions 56 total program hours delivered 1,960 student contact hours and 1,960 snack items provided. The GEMMS Double Dutch Afterschool Program is an extension of our mentoring program and serves girls in sixth through eighth grades. FOUS offers this program once a week for one hour during after school from October through May. Average weekly attendance is 12 girls all of whom also participate in the GEMMS Mentoring Program with exception of the 6th grade girls. Core activities include warm ups skill demonstrations led by contracted coaching staff guided practice and a structured reflection period where students identify what they learned and what challenges they overcame. Each session includes healthy snacks with each student receiving up to three items. The program also includes recognition events such as progress awards recognition awards team work dedication excellent jumping skills leadership certificates of completion and end of program celebrations. Here is a summary of key numbers: 28 total sessions 28 total program hours delivered,336 student contact hours,1008 snack items provided. Also there is a special event the organization partnered with the school to host an end of year Juneteenth celebration providing ice cream for 300 students from one of the premier ice cream vendors in the city valued at $1800.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 23
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 24.5%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 22
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 52.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 24.5% of revenue deployed · 22.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.