Orlando Youth Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593666953
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
4072441222
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$288,065
Expenses
$319,497
Assets
$1,618,255
Liabilities
$2,615

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA WEBSTER (CEO)
  • CHRIS NAULT (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK HOWELL (PRESIDENT)
  • RIVER CLOUM (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CYNTHIA WEBSTER (CEO): $97,744 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL SLAYMAKER (TRUSTEE): $24,750 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Orlando Youth Alliance (OYA) has offered a weekly peer-to-peer support group for LGBTQ youth in Central Florida since 1990. Monthly social, educational & recreational activities occur to further help youth to develop a core group of friends & peer supporters. (Sch O continues).

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide a safe non-exploitative drug and alcohol free social outlet for youth ages 13 to 23 who are grappling with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning issues.

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 55% for direct work, and 45% for member benefits.

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: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.07; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $248K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.