Project Yes Inc Dba Empowerment Center of East County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841348786
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Lafayette, CO, USA
Phone
3034479711
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,960
Expenses
$81,642
Assets
$135,127
Liabilities
$1,365

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MARTHA SWANSON (Treasurer)
  • JULIE BERRY (CHAIRPERSON)
  • OSCAR FLORES (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Empowerment Center of East Boulder County cultivates the inherent capacities of young people and their families to create positive social change in themselves and their home communities through the arts, community-based learning, and leadership opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2020

Other Programs supported by the Empowerment Center of East County include: Art in the Community, Dream Chasers Mentoring, Elementary School Programs, Nature Kids Youth Advisory Board and Parent Empowerment Workshops.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.