Southtown Youth Programs Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371212001
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mount Vernon, IL, USA
Phone
6182424077
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$367,116
Expenses
$384,713
Assets
$126,179
Liabilities
$232,519

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Gordon (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • James Gordon (President): $50,117 total reported compensation
  • Shirley Gordon (Secretary): $36,165 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization provides services to the families and at risk youth of Jefferson County IL, to help improve their quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Healing Illinois program by Illinois Department of Human Services provides knowledge and understanding of racial healing equality in the community. Assists in expanding opportunities for the community individuals to heal from the harms of racism by building trust relationships with support of the organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 9
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.84; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.3% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $354K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.