More Than A Smile Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934726853
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Louisville, KY, USA
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,490
- Expenses
- $79,171
- Assets
- $1,349
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amina Shale (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Amina Shale (Executive Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To empower immigrant refugee and low-income communities through culturally responsive youth development mentorship and family-centered programs that advance educational attainment mental wellness leadership and equitable access to opportunities.
What it reported doing in 2025
More Than a Smile Foundation provided comprehensive community-based programming to support immigrant refugee and low-income youth and families in Louisville Kentucky. Through its flagship Fun & Play initiative the organization delivered weekly and monthly programming that combined sports arts and mental wellness activities in safe accessible community spaces. These sessions were designed to reduce social isolation promote emotional well-being and foster leadership among youth facing systemic barriers.The organization also implemented mentorship and youth development programming focused on building life skills academic confidence and positive peer relationships. Youth participated in structured activities including soccer training creative arts financial literacy and leadership workshops. Special emphasis was placed on culturally responsive engagement ensuring programming was inclusive of multilingual learners and families from diverse backgrounds.In addition the organization hosted community engagement events and youth-led conferences that elevated youth voice and addressed critical issues such as mental health identity and access to resources. These events brought together youth families and community partners to strengthen social cohesion and increase awareness of available services. The organization collaborated with local partners including schools community organizations and service providers to expand access to resources and remove barriers such as transportation language access and affordability. Programs were delivered at no cost to participants ensuring equitable access for underserved populations. Overall More Than a Smile Foundation served hundreds of youth and families through trauma-informed culturally grounded programming that promotes long-term well-being leadership and community connection.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.4%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 52.3%; rating input score 52
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: 1.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.4% of revenue deployed · 52.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.