Lexis Voice

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832909313
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Phone
2603884337
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,572
Expenses
$18,157
Assets
$29,972
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Katrina Priest (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Katrina Priest (Vice President)
  • Betty Lee (Secretary Treasurer)
  • Jayme Keck (Board member)

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

Committed to the desire to support other young people who have been made to feel like their voices do not matter, Katrina and Lexi founded Lexi's Voice in November 2017. Through Lexi's Voice, youth, especially those who have been victims of sexual and/or domestic abuse or other traumas, are given the unique opportunity to find comfort and healing through ongoing interactions with animals

What it reported doing in 2025

Over the last several years, we have been able to offer Fun with Friends meetups, the goal of which is to help participants make social connections, deepen existing relationships, and grow their self-confidence. During the summer, Fun with Friends takes place weekly. During the school year, it takes place approximately every-other week. All Fun with Friends sessions include a meal or snack, and most are open to family and friends. Fun with Friends activities can include fun, all-expenses-paid excursions. Destinations have included a princess tea party, the Kuehnert Dairy Farm, a train ride with ice cream, and much more. During the winter months, we often meet at a church in southeast Fort Wayne, where participants interact with our rescue rabbits and participate in games, discussions, and empowerment activities. Many of the young people we serve do not engage in outings like this on their own due to financial and other access barriers. Moreover, they may feel uncertain in large, social settings. Having Lexi's Voice friends with them makes them feel more confident. We are thrilled to provide them with these much-deserved opportunities to be playful and have fun! We also host themed Fun with Friends celebratory events. Most events take place at Blackstone Ranch, where attendees have the opportunity to participate in various stations, which may include craft activities, games, horse and donkey rides, story time, snacks, photography, etc. Participants love and look forward to these events because they give them the opportunity to bring along their loved ones and showcase the progress they have made.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39%; rating input score 39
  • 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: 61%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 81.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.