Stay Connected

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472823229
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Newcastle, WA, USA
Phone
4254459879
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,143
Expenses
$89,184
Assets
$899
Liabilities
$3,521

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIAN PEIFFER (PRESIDENT)
  • ALISON UPPENDAHL (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • MARIAN PEIFFER (PRESIDENT)
  • ALISON UPPENDAHL (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • CAROL TAYLOR (SECRETARY)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Stay connected provides long term support to young people who do not have access to resources and adult mentorships so they can grow into adults leading stable, healthy and fulfilling lives.

What it reported doing in 2023

Stay connected supports teens and young adults through community connections over time. To ensure these young people thrive, stay connected has organized its program activities into four areas of support: survive (short term critical expenses - food, shelter, phone, bus card, clothing, utilities, counseling costs, legal expenses); thrive (encouraging hopeful growth for the future - campership, athletic team participation, supplies for activities, support for special interests, etc.); strive (moving beyond survival to taking chances and trying new things - mission trips, job application, etc.); and community building (relationships for learning and support).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.92; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.