Impact Teen Drivers Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260595165
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9167337432
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,506,664
Expenses
$2,075,694
Assets
$2,936,810
Liabilities
$104,335

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carolyn Doggett (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Dr Kelly Browning (Executive Dir.): $213,852 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Impact Teen Drivers is dedicated to developing, promoting, and facilitating evidence-based education and strategies to save lives and reduce injuries and fatalities caused by reckless and distracted driving, including efforts focused on bicyclists, pedestrians, and micromobility safety.

What it reported doing in 2025

EDUCATION: IMPACT TEEN DRIVERS DEVELOPS, PROMOTES AND FACILITATES EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION AND STRATEGIES TO SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE INJURIES CAUSED BY RECKLESS AND DISTRACTED DRIVING, INCLUDING EFFORTS FOCUSED ON BICYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND MICROMOBILITY SAFETY. Our vision is to foster a widespread culture shift among teens and their influencers, where reckless and distracted transportation, including driving, riding, bicycling, walking, and other micromobility, are unequivocally recognized as unacceptable behaviors and outside the social norm. Through consistent and impactful education efforts, teens, parents, and community members will develop a profound understanding of the correlation between poor decisions and crashes, and wise choices and safer roadways whether as drivers, passengers, bicyclists, or pedestrians. We firmly believe that this transformative shift in culture and mindset will substantially decrease the number of teens and others injured and killed due to reckless and distracted driving. WE NEVER USE GORE OR GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS, INSTEAD WE ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER THROUGH OUR EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULA. RESEARCH: IMPACT TEEN DRIVERS DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENT QUALITY PROGRAM EVALUATION AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH STUDIES TO MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR PROGRAMS AND COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS FACILITATE OTHER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORTING TEEN SAFE DRIVING EFFORTS WHICH MAY FURTHER OUR MISSION. ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION: IMPACT TEEN DRIVERS CONNECTS AND ENCOURAGES STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING THE IMPACT TEEN DRIVERS EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, TEEN LEADERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND SAFETY ADVOCATES TO FACILITATE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH USING OUR PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF POOR DECISION MAKING BEHIND THE WHEEL-WHETHER AS A DRIVER OR A PASSENGER.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 71% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.