Mid Valley Mentors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205531237
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Salem, OR, USA
Phone
5035844865
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,170
Expenses
$147,015
Assets
$9,552
Liabilities
$5,165

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DON MCPHERSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH CAVAZOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD MEMBER)

People named in this filing

  • DON MCPHERSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MATT BENJAMIN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MIKE CORBIN (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide quality mentoring for at-risk youth and families that offers new perspectives on life and leads to brighter futures. The agency operates two programs serving parents and youth affected by incarceration.

What it reported doing in 2013

The juvenile enrichment through mentoring (jem) program provides evidence-based volunteer-driven mentoring for at-risk youth in salem-keizer Oregon who have a parent in prison, are under supervision of the juvenile department or who have multiple factors associated with risk for school failure. During the 2013-14 fiscal year the program providing one-to-one mentoring relationships for twelve youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 67.4%; rating input score 67

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: -35.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -59.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -81.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 67.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.