Little Scholars Youth Center of Indy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812139501
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3172977873
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,500
Expenses
$2,028
Assets
$4,765
Liabilities
$16,282

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHUNTEL ROBINSON (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY ROBINSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHUNTEL ROBINSON (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY ROBINSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA KING (TREASURER)

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

Providing a safe learning environment for children and to teach them real life skills and provide a family resource hub services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided a literacy workshop for families which included free children books arts and crafts activities food and games. Provided 60 hours of mentoring and tutoring for students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.42; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 7 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.