Headsup Fox Cities Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921762469
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Neenah, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9202121477
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $753,987
- Expenses
- $222,322
- Assets
- $601,637
- Liabilities
- $13,902
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURA KUEHL (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JENNIFER MICKE (PROGRAM DIRE): $67,231 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Headsup fox cities was created as a response to the gap in foster youth and former foster youth 16-24. Our organization created and led by former foster youth is built to remove barriers with resource navigation individualized goal setting and personalized mentorship. The headsup mission is to empower transitional age youth tay to break the cycle of childhood family trauma and reduce social inequities through compassionate community engagement support and collaboration. Our vision is a community where people come together united in purpose to proactively dismantle barriers and empower young adults from challenging backgrounds to thrive as they were always meant to. We see a future where every young person is provided with equitable opportunities personalized support and unwavering encouragement to reach their full potential.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, more than 45 youth achieved 178 unique, personalized goals, ranging from academic accomplishments to skill-building successes. Supported by over 1,700 hours of mentorship and advocacy, we celebrate these milestones alongside them, recognizing how each achievement strengthens confidence and inspires their path forward. Additionally, in response to participant requests, headsup programs now offer daily living skills, social opportunities, support groups, andmost importantlyan open pantry that participants use regularly. In fact, the pantry was accessed during 100% of open support group and pantry nights, and 70% of other community center visits, including sessions with life skills coordinators, also resulted in pantry use. In fall 2024, headsup responded to participant needs by launching 6 transitional housing units and a community center. To create youth-centered spaces, headsup invested both time and resourcesworking alongside volunteers to update the community center and renovate housing units for safe, dignified living.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 21.9%; rating input score 22
- Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $736.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 70.5%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 162.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 164.8% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 21.9% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $165K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.