Jesani Smith Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
845166213
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Corpus Christi, TX, USA
Phone
3615637617
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,532
Expenses
$53,584
Assets
$56,648
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARA BETZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIWANA DENSON (FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT)
  • TERRANCE DENSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • YVETTE GALVAN (DIRECTOR)
  • MARYRENA LUGO (DIRECTOR)
  • DANIELLA WYSZYNSKI (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The je'sani smith foundation's purpose is to save lives by providing education, awareness, and water skills training on beach safety, seaward-flowing water currents, and other coastal hazards. Increasing awareness of natural conditions that pose an imminent danger and risk at beaches, such as rip currents, is a crucial component to improve public health and safety. Preventing open water drownings is accomplished by educating the public using social media, advertising and in person presentations and engagement. Public outreach includes, but not limited to, participating in community, school and business events and programs, collaborating with businesses and organizations across the state of Texas and beyond, and visiting the beaches to distribute safety brochures and promotional products for marketing, visibility, giveaways, as well as increasing awareness where incidents have occured in the past; and are statistically to reoccur.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization actively promoted beach safety awareness via promotional programs including advertising on every media available. In addition educational materials were distributed at schools, sporting events, businesses, organizations, public speaking venues and on-site at beach locations. This includes virtual reality simulation education and awareness initiative.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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.

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: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 20.7%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.