Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850845833
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Kentfield, CA, USA
Phone
4152507599
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$347,416
Expenses
$1,019,531
Assets
$252,345
Liabilities
$7,102

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kelsey Fernandez (President)
  • John Wright (Vice President)
  • Linda Henn (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kelsey Fernandez (President): $91,345 total reported compensation
  • Melissa Wahlstrom (Secretary): $22,182 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Shape norms that drive youth substance use through education and other means.

What it reported doing in 2024

A. Community Education and Skill Building: Lets Talk program reached over 2,000 community members through community discussions and over 5,000 families with Lets Talk postcards. Created digital resource booklet available on website. b. Healthy Spaces and Policy: Raising the Bar program added 42 new participating schools and youth organizations committed to keeping youth events substance-free.c. Reducing access through informing policymakers: MHYP volunteers gave presentations on intoxicating hemp products to police chiefs, youth officers, board of supervisors, school administrators, coalition groups and community-at-large which led to local action. d. Community Awareness: Increased awareness of underage substance use prevention and Be the Influence and Numb or Nourish programs through expanded social media reach. e. Youth Engagement: Collaborated with Elevate Youth CA to engage 9 high school interns who identify as BIPOC or LGBTQ+ to increase skills and work with peers. Created a summer internship for 18 students. f. County Partnerships: Collaborated with Marin Health and Human Services and Marin County Office of Education to provide training on evidence-based Safety First Curriculum for teachers. Also helped provide Screenagers Under the Influence Licensing and curriculum for all Marin County public middle schools and high schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -193.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.1%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 46.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $980K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.