Homeless Youth Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813036333
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4156300744
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,888,673
Expenses
$1,563,662
Assets
$3,623,953
Liabilities
$1,149,238

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Howe (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mary Howe (Executive Director): $97,313 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Organization's mission is to meet youth experiencing homelessness where they are, see them all as individuals with unique experiences and life stories and help them to build healthier lives. The Organization believes reducing harm is possible through the provision of accessible, respectful non-judgmental relationships, services and accurate up-to-date referrals and information. The Organization strives to empower youth experiencing homelessness to protect themselves, educate each other, reduce harm within the community, and when they are ready and have the opportunity to transition off the street.

What it reported doing in 2024

Homeless Youth Alliance HYA was created by and for the community it works with. HYA believes that the best way to foster success is by adopting a proactive approach, while remaining mindful that those HYA serves have a right to determine the course of their own lives and their own care. Accordingly, HYA strives to hire people who either have come directly from the population it works with or who have shared similar life experiences. For a youth experiencing homelessness to know that the person sitting across from them has experienced and survived similar things to what they are going through, allows HYA to engage from a place of true knowing, lessening the deeply rooted stigma and shame that are so intertwined with homelessness. Homeless Youth Alliance gets to demonstrate that long-term change is possible. After losing the drop-in center, HYA pivoted towards taking our core services - outreach, case management, food access, harm reduction services, medical and mental health care, drug treatment, and groups - to youth experiencing homelessness where they are. It is through consistently providing these services that trusting relationships are formed and change happens.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.4%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.2%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.4% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.