Mobilizing America's Youth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331030837
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024003848
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Political Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,108
Expenses
$628,793
Assets
$89,260
Liabilities
$2,897

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT STEIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGAN 6/2013))

People named in this filing

  • KARI DUNN SARATOVSKY (CHAIR)
  • STEFAN HANKIN (VICE CHAIR)
  • MARSHALL ROSLYN (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mobilize.org empowers and invests in millennials to create and implement solutions to social problems.

What it reported doing in 2013

Mobilize.org summits - two to three convenings per year that engage members of the millennial generation to discuss the issues that they face within their communities, work collaboratively to propose solutions and compete for seed funding to incubate millennial-led projects that address those issues."millennial voice" - are opportunities for mobilize.org staff and those in our networks to speak and/or attend in person and online convenings on behalf of the millennial generation. These opportunities include speaking engagements, panel discussions or attendance at partner convenings to learn, have a dialogue, or speak about millennials issues.leadership development - are two new programs launched in 2012 in order to provide leadership development opportunities for the mobilize.org network. The first, the mobilizer academy, equips millennial leaders from diverse backgrounds with the skills and resources they need to become entrepreneurial and civic leaders. The academy is an in-person and virtual program designed to train millennials to realize their leadership potential and create and implement successful social ventures to address community needs. The second, the speakers bureau, provides 6 months of public speaking and marketing training and support to help the millennial participants be able to share their stories and speak to a diverse cross-section of audiences across the country.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85

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: -251.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $534K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.