Spirit Nys Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861566121
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
7178256633
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,417
Expenses
$43,060
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Thompson (Chair, CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Ted Thompson (board member)
  • Michelle McNeil (board member)
  • Quinn O'Rourke (board member)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule O

What it reported doing in 2025

Spirit NYS's support enables students to continue in school rather than drop out; in Rochester NY, our initial focus, the dropout rate, without intervention, is 60% for students matching our criteria. To date, 217 students have been supported, with a retention rate of 93%.( 15 students have dropped out;) GPAs on average doubled in the first year and increased by 15% more in the second year, and by 20% in the third year; 4 students who were failing are now A students; 2 students expected to drop out returned to school; all are passing courses needed to graduate. Several have won prestigious awards, such as Susan B Anthony or NYS Attorney Generals triple C awards, along with multiple scholarships .

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.9%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.