Global Youth Justice Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475296148
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Somerville, MA, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$184,914
Expenses
$182,107
Assets
$8,360

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott B Peterson (CEO and President)

People named in this filing

  • Scott B Peterson (CEO and President)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Global Youth Justice Inc. champions the expansion of youth justice and juvenile justice diversion programs called Youth Teen Peer Student Court and Peer Jury. Historic numbers of Justice Volunteers including youth and adults -- make it possible for 2,000+ communities on 5 continents to give their youth a 2nd and even 3rd chance for committing minor crimes offenses and violations. The Global Youth Justice Movement is a text-book example of a local grass-roots volunteer-driven "scaleable model" to strengthen juvenile justice youth justice and criminal justice systems around the globe. 2022 End of Year Status: 2100+ Local Youth Teen Peer Courts in Law Enforcement Schools and Community-Based operated by 15 types of agencies and organizations.

What it reported doing in 2022

GLOBAL YOUTH JUSTICE 2ND ANNUAL 9 11 DAY FLAG OF HONOR ACROSS AMERICA MEMORIALS: Global Youth Justice organized and led this AmeriCorps co-sponsored September 11th Memorial designed by Global Youth Justice Inc. It was the largest federal or national private event on Federal 9 11 Day involving more than 10,000+ Adults and Youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.6%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 46.3%; rating input score 46

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: 1.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.6% of revenue deployed · 46.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 46/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.