Our Journey
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882754201
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Sedro Woolley, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3605401742
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $441,060
- Expenses
- $252,913
- Assets
- $195,481
- Liabilities
- $4,508
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Genaro Sanchez (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Genaro Sanchez (Executive Director): $52,862 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our Mission is to help gang-affected youth open their hearts, minds and souls through self-empowerment and healing, thriving with self-respect and confidence, and returning to loving themselves, family and community. O.U.R Journey's vision is to engage with youth and build rapport, trust and relationships with some of the most hurting and alienated youth in our community and those showing gang attraction or involvement.
What it reported doing in 2024
School Intervention Program (funded from CHA) O.U.R. Journey provides intervention services for highly at-risk youth, focusing on school engagement, mentorship, and community reentry support. The program serves youth involved with the juvenile justice system, at risk of gang affiliation, and struggling with school engagement. Through partnerships with schools, juvenile justice representatives, and community organizations, O.U.R. Journey offers trauma-informed mentorship, peer-to-peer support, and re-engagement services, including educational re-enrollment, workforce development opportunities, and positive youth activities. In 2024-2025, O.U.R. Journey supported over 60 youth, helping students stay in or return to school, secure employment support, and reconnect with positive community outlets. The program expanded services by opening a dedicated youth center, training staff in Credible Messenger and Peer Counseling models, and strengthening partnerships with local employment and educational programs. O.U.R. Journey prioritizes racial justice by creating equitable access to opportunities for Black and Brown youth disproportionately impacted by systemic barriers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.1%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 142.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 194.4% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.1% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $159K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.