Keysteps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042681753
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6172880956
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,726
Expenses
$53,181
Assets
$44,164
Liabilities
$192,919

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETTE BOHLKE O'GARA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LILIANA MICKLE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN SPURLOCK (CLERK/TREASURER)
  • MELANIE JARBOE (DIRECTOR)
  • EDGAR G HERRERA (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a comprehensive range of wrap-around services and support for at-risk school-age youth in order to ensure that they stay in school and gain the skills and emotional resilency to become educated productive adults and citizens who contribute to society. To provide year-round school-based counseling services, outreach and home visitation, and summertime outreach and life skills education

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -200%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.37; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.