Say Si
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742759456
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2102014950
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Centers, Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,306,776
- Expenses
- $1,660,120
- Assets
- $19,261,532
- Liabilities
- $12,382,992
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JASON MORAN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- STEPHANIE LAFROSCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHANIE LAFROSCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,423 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Say si ignites the creative powers of young people as forces of positive change. We value artists, empower marginalized communities and advance culture.
What it reported doing in 2024
Say si, san antonio youth yes! Is a year-round, long-term visual and media arts program for students form san antonio's urban high schools and middle schools, which provides opportunities for students to develop artistic and social skills in preparation for higher education advancement and professional careers. Say si's activities are centered on its six main programs: say si va, project wam, say si mas, say si alas, say si abc, and say si hive.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 24.9%; rating input score 25
- Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: $4,767.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 61.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.6; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 24.9% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 25/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.