Pinkard Youth Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800676447
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Oxnard, CA, USA
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,323
Expenses
$59,910
Assets
$41,120

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Julia A Dixon (President and Director)
  • Dean Maulhardt (Vice President and Director)
  • Irene G Pinkard (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Julia A Dixon (President and Director)
  • Dean Maulhardt (Vice President and Director)
  • Shirley Bumpus (Secretary and Director)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

PINKARD YOUTH INSTITUTE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment of youth. The organization sponsors educational workshops seminars activities and events that will educate and expose young people to opportunities that will enhance their awareness and need for community service. PYI accomplishes its objective through three key programs the Annual Black College Tour; the Summer Enrichment Academy in collaboration with CSUCI and the Summer Internship Program in collaboration with the County of Ventura CA. PYI is staffed with a group of community leaders and professionals who give generously of their time expertise and resources without payment.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Annual Black College Tour provides Ventura County high school students the opportunity to visit various Historically Black Colleges and Universitites primarily on the east coast. The Tour takes place for one week during spring break provides valuable and provides valuable educational and social experience to participants. The Tour is over 30 years old.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97

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: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.