Old Skool Cafe

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203913900
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4158228531
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Business

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,431,114
Expenses
$2,406,532
Assets
$3,661,057
Liabilities
$107,022

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Teresa Goines (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Teresa Goines (President): $136,000 total reported compensation
  • Daniel Escobar (Inter Exec Dir.): $128,699 total reported compensation
  • Edward Blyden (Head Chef): $117,272 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Old Skool Cafe is a faith-based violence prevention program, providing marketable and transferable employment skills to underserved youth. Our social enterprise restaurant is a hub for youth employment and positive change in the lives of resilient youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Served 45 youth with employment, job training, entertainment gigs, and community workshops. 24 youth were employed part-time at Old Skool for a total of 14,400 hours. Pre-employment training and cohorts served 26 youth, increased graduation rate to 70 percent. Comprehensive support and coaching for all youth toward personal, educational, and professional goals. Increased work hours and job experience for high risk youth by continuing to build our youth run social enterprise restaurant and catering services. 30% of youth entering our program were Justice System involved. 11%reoffended, in sharp contract to the national re-offense rate of 76%.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 71.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $136K · 7 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.