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Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852051234
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Townsend, MT, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,312
Expenses
$149,209
Assets
$113,510
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Domino (President)
  • Albertina Homann (V President)

People named in this filing

  • James Domino (President)
  • Albertina Homann (V President)
  • Amanda Domino (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Youth Empowerment provides free skill training and classes to youth under 18 not primarily involved in sports or other school community activities. Families are encouraged to join events like pottery and skiing. STOKEs instructors offer mentorship leading to positive outcomes for students. All classes are free. We are creating outdoor experiences to reduce screen time. Our mission is to help youth discover their talents and engage in our programs. Enthusiasm and a desire to grow are all thats required.

What it reported doing in 2024

We have Various other programs which are smaller and run at various times but do not have consistent schedules. Some are clinics which are expensive but have returned great results such as the clinic MAPS Media Institute provided our 12 students with many media skills. We have cooking sewing and fly tying classes and have formed a ski club. We have helped the kids participate in various fun events such as parades and doing service work at our various fundraisers. The kids have really shined at these events. Many of our youth have benefited from these programs by overcoming various impediments physical and mental which is one of our goals. We have served over 50 more youth in these programs in a years time with many of the kids participating in several of the different classes and events. We are supported by many people in the community and school as we provide programs that the school and community do not provide or cant afford.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.6%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 42%; rating input score 42

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: 3.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 74.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 108.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.6% of revenue deployed · 42% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.