Stand a Chance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
393114785
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,473
Expenses
$74,943
Assets
$6,920
Liabilities
$6,000

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Sue Ann Staton (Founder - Director)
  • Bonnie Braco (Director of Operations)
  • Dinah Thibodeaux (Scholarship Liason)

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

STAND A CHANCE is dedicated to the prosperity of children growing up with an incarcerated parent. Through scholarships mentorships and ongoing character-building programs we provide viable opportunities along with the support and encouragement that may have been missing throughout their childhood. Our ultimate mission is to empower these resilient teens to aim higher so we can break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration in the United States.

What it reported doing in 2025

WINNING WITH WRITING - An ongoing monthly creative writing workshop on effective storytelling and expressing opinions on paper. Kids have anxiety when required to write an essay for admissions. We cover the advantages of AI but also why an applicant should not rely too heavily on it. We hosted an online Discussion Board which is an initially anonymous opportunity to connect with other kids with an incarcerated parent. We served 50 students in this program and many attend every month. Their goal is producing an unforgettable essay that leads to an acceptance letter. Upon request we divert at times to other tasks such as effective resume writing. We have competitions with a shared topic and polish up public speaking skills by reciting them in front of the others. This task unleashes the creativity buried under low self-esteem. The workshop promotes self-confidence and overcoming social anxiety. It is a no cost but incredibly productive workshop that they look forward to all month.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.2%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 1

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.2% of revenue deployed · 1.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $900 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.