Jaws Youth Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271902959
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
West Deptford, NJ, USA
Phone
8568484437
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$498,826
Expenses
$333,669
Assets
$1,141,473
Liabilities
$140,279

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA CUADRADO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • RONALD JAWORSKI (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICIA CUADRADO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $148,385 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Advancement of the youth in the Delaware valley and in the USA in general particularly those youth with personal, financial & health needs and for other charitable purposes by the distribution of its funds for such purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization holds fund raising events to further their core mission. The net proceeds are then used to benefit disadvantaged youth through direct donations and through donations to various charitable organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 46
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 68.7%; rating input score 69; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 44.4%; rating input score 44; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.42; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $324K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 17 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 44/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.