Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880476452
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7023831332
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,981,471
Expenses
$4,498,288
Assets
$9,425,509
Liabilities
$162,132

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARASH GHAFOORI (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ARASH GHAFOORI (CEO): $302,606 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE LABONNEY (DIRECTOR OF): $130,333 total reported compensation
  • MELISSA JACOBOWITZ (CHIEF OF STR): $127,589 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization provides wraparound services to meet homeless youths' immediate, emergency needs and help them transition to long-term self- sufficiency. The organization's support comes primarily from government grants and corporate donations. Nevada partnership for homeless youth receives donations primarily from donors in the southern Nevada region and provides services to those residing in the southern Nevada region.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nphy's research, policy, and advocacy (rpa) work focuses on addressing the root causes of youth homelessness. This includes uplifting youth voice and empowering young people to serve as leaders in their communities; leading cross-sector coordination, statewide and regional planning, and systems improvement efforts; and educating stakeholders about youth homelessness and inspiring them to take action with and for young people. The safe place program provides round-the-clock mobile crisis intervention services to any youth in crisis and an entry point to nphy's full continuum of care at virtually every street corner in clark county. Nphy partners with terrible herbst convenience stores, rtc buses, las vegas-clark county and henderson libraries, and city of las vegas fire stations to provide safe spaces for youth to ask for and receive help; shortly after a safe place call, an nphy crisis responder arrives to the site, conducts an assessment, and transports the youth in need to an appropriate location to receive services. Nphy's emergency shelter program provides homeless youth with much-needed temporary shelter and emergency services while helping them transition to stable housing. Nphy's operation go home program reunifies unaccompanied homeless youth with supportive family members throughout north america, when possible.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $303K · 12 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.