Safe Talk for Teens

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462427571
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Reno, NV, USA
Phone
7758232700
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$180,885
Expenses
$210,449
Assets
$44,941
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE L DUFUR (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOE L DUFUR (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR): $87,283 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to motivate, redirect, assist and guide youth in making better decisions by teaching them positive and healthy coping tools, core values, and goal setting.

What it reported doing in 2025

Safe talk for teens is a 501(c)(3) early intervention and prevention nonprofit program in washoe county. We opened in april of 2013. We are funded by grants received from foundations and donations from businesses and individuals.we provide a free, safe, and confidential place for youth 8-19 years of age to speak with one of our youth advisors either alone or with their parents. Each kid makes that choice for themselves. As youth advisors we teach & motivate our kids to achieve our two program goals - which are happiness and success.our youth advisors help kids identify positive and healthy coping skills to help them cope with the negative but normal emotions of anger, sadness, depression, stress, and anxiety. We strive to help them avoid turning to drugs, alcohol, violence, self-harm, or suicide as coping mechanisms. We help kids improve their decision making and goal setting through our values clarification and goal setting exercises. We assist kids and parents to improve their relationships at home. When necessary we act as a portal to refer them to counseling services and programming in the community.safe talk for teen's four key objectives: 1. Help kids identify positive and healthy coping skills 2. Improve decision making, motivation, and direction through values clarification and goal setting 3. Provide a safe and confidential place for kids to speak with an experienced youth advisor one on one 4. Serve as a portal to refer to counseling and programming services in the community if necessary.we received 148 referrals in 2025 bringing our total referrals since inception in april of 2013 to 2,744. For our client satisfaction surveys on a scale of 1-5 with 5 the best score possible, kids rated us 4.67 and parents 4.81.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.1%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 5
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.1% of revenue deployed · 5.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.