Mary Nelsons Youth Day Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251916320
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3157512587
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Delinquency Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,334
Expenses
$80,192
Assets
$117,092

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Nelson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Nelson (President)
  • Kilara Escho (Treasurer)
  • Bolerianterial Moore (Secretary)

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

Improve the quality of life for families and youth by providing free services in a safe and nurturing environment that will promote a healthy sustainable and vibrant community

What it reported doing in 2024

EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS, DAILY SUPPORT AND FOOD PANTRY Provide monthly or quarterly educational field trips designed to engage a positive experience for children

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.6%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 24.2%; rating input score 24

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.6% of revenue deployed · 24.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.