Southfield Centers for Youth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208481435
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Southfield, MI, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$660,450
Expenses
$688,932
Assets
$935,499
Liabilities
$9,973

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To build and operate a youth activities center to give the area youth a place to safely congregate. The center will have study areas, game areas, learning facilities, entertainment and mentoring opportunity.

What it reported doing in 2010

The southfield centers for youth, inc. (scy), field zone, had a remarkable year in 2010. The year began with the first overnight lock-in celebration to welcome the new year. More than 60 students and staff stayed awake and enjoyed scavenger hunts, talent shows, ice skating at the southfield ice arena, games and fun together. A few weeks later we hosted the detroit tigers caravan at an event we called field of dreams. At this event four tiger players, paws and other tiger personnel visited the field zone and interacted with members and their friends and families. The rest of the year featured many great programs, events and workshops including: financial literacy, ladies nights, plays, fine arts features, guys nights, poetry and fashion nights, boxing fitness and health fairs, and many leadership workshops and events. The members of the field zone were honored in 2011 for the many community service projects they were involved in for the city of southfield by the mrpa (Michigan recreation and park association) with a community service award of excellence. The field zone continues to offer a fun, supervised and safe place for more than 300 members per trimester from the communities of southfield and lathrup village to spend their after-school, evening and weekend hours. Middle school students are bussed from their schools daily and attendance ranged between 75 and 100 students daily throughout the school year. We are extremely pleased with the staff and volunteers who realize that the field zone is more than just a place for members to hang out, that it is a place to mentor them and help them grow in their areas of passion including: music, art, fitness, technology, and leadership. We at the field zone are committed to helping the youth in our community be trained and prepared to step into the future and become successful caring adults

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $525K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.