Road to 120-Education Equity for Young Women Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833365132
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,655
Expenses
$71,997
Assets
$263,489

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Linda Brady MD (President)
  • Chinyere MBA-Jonas (Vice President and Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Linda Brady MD (President)
  • Lee Perlman (Treasurer)
  • Chinyere MBA-Jonas (Vice President and Secretary)

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

The Road to 120 is an organization dedicated to providing enhanced support to the YW Brooklyn LEAD program. The Program which has a proven track record provides academic leadership economic and social support for young women of color to access and successfully complete a four-year college education. These young women are first generation in their family to attend college. The Road to 120 raises funds and works to improve the future of young women living in poverty impacted communities by providing grants not available by more traditional sources for essentials related to college attendance.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 grant funding was awarded to 12 young women in their sophomore junior and senior years of college.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.8%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.66; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.8% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.