Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320417226
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2183874182
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $81,709
- Expenses
- $139,565
- Assets
- $105,845
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lannesse Baker (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Susan Beaulieu (Board Member)
- Gary Charwood (Board Member)
- Erma Vizenor (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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of NYAM is to engage the eleven Tribal Nations of Minnesota and Native people living throughout the state, to ensure that Native youth are prepared for a lifetime of choices, not circumstances, which will be accomplished through community-based youth councils, statewide education, and the development of an Indigenous Youth Research Center.
What it reported doing in 2015
Youth Voice & Leadership: The Statewide Native Youth Council (SNYC) promotes skill-building for service leadership. Native youth councils are building momentum, positive presence, and change with Native communities throughout Minnesota. Each year, outstanding Native youth and their mentors: Gather up to four (4) times a year for multi-day workshops; Learn about policy and governance within communities and Tribes; Build skills to educate, organize, and advocate for causes; and Engage decision makers at tribal, state, and national forums. Indigenous Youth Research and Development Center: We crafted a creative approach for building an Indigenous Youth Research and Development Center (IYRDC). Our vision is to create transformational change in the way information about Native youth is gathered, shared, and used. We are: Hosting community conversations with thought leaders - including Native youth, parents, youth workers, educators, researchers, and tribal leaders. Individuals will be invited to join us in community conversations to learn more about the IYRDC and share ideas, input, and guidance for future directions; Convening a facilitated planning session to use guidance from community conversations to form a strategic plan; and Sharing information and findings with Native communities and the greater society to inform, build, awareness, and gain support for the IYRDC. Establishing and Stregthening Relationships: The base of support for NYAM has been developing. The 11 tribal nations, Native youth, youth groups, and many partners have made significant contributions of time, money, and thought in crafting the vision, mission, and goals for NYAM. The ongoing support and active involvement of all eleven tribal nations provides a unique foundation for the work. Additionally, allies external to tribal nations have provided significant support to achieving the NYAM vision and mission. An ongoing aim in this area has been to increase the visibility and positive presence of NYAM. We currently have committed partners and groups but there is significant need to continue to grow relationships and build the base of support by inviting new champions to donate volunteer service to the board of directors, advisory committees, and special projects. Approximately 200 individuals benefitted.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% 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
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: 25
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.4%; 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: -70.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 42%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $119K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.