Sisu Youth Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465678806
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4054597478
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,131,494
- Expenses
- $2,527,301
- Assets
- $3,622,655
- Liabilities
- $181,406
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DENNIS RUDASILL (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- RACHEL BRADLEY (EXECUTIVE DI): $67,191 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sisu is a low-barrier, identity-affirming space in Oklahoma city where unhoused transition-age youth find the shelter and support they need to pursue the life they want. We offer an emergency shelter, a drop-in resource center, case management services, and housing opportunities for young people between the ages of 15-24.
What it reported doing in 2024
Housing programs: in 2024, sisu youth services provided housing for 71 young people and 11 babies of parenting youth, creating safe and stable homes that form the foundation for long-term success. Nearly 40% of our clients self-identified a mental health disorder, physical disability, developmental disability, chronic health condition, or substance use disorder, and most entered sisu without health insurance, income, or non- cash benefits. Forty percent were survivors of domestic abuse, and 41% came directly from street homelessness or emergency shelters. To address these layered barriers, sisu operates a continuum of housing options: rapid rehousing provides up to 18 months of rental support to help youth build credit, rental history, and financial stability; transitional housing places youth in sisu-leased apartments where they gain independence with staff support; and host homes connect youth with trusted community members for safe housing while planning next steps. These programs move young people beyond crisis into stability, independence, and opportunity.
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 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 33.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 41.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65% of revenue deployed · 80.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.