Generations Ahead

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844266286
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Traverse City, MI, USA
Phone
2313600053
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services for Adolescent Parents

Reported finances

Revenue
$843,196
Expenses
$580,741
Assets
$724,918
Liabilities
$17,382

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SAM CONNELL (DIRECTOR)
  • COURTNEY DOYLE (DIRECTOR)
  • LAUREN FLYNN (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Generations ahead empowers young parents to become resilient by building positive relationships, strengthening family stability, and raising healthy children.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide services free of charge to teen and young adult parents (mothers and fathers) living in the grand traverse region. Services provided include: mentoring, home visits, mental health therapy, weekly parenting education, support groups and family activities, maternity and baby supplies. The goals of generations ahead include empowering young parents to complete high school, pursue post-secondary job training or education, increase their family resilience, and develp healthy relatioships with their children and larger family. In 2025, we helped 60 families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.7%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.7% of revenue deployed · 57.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $336K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 41/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.