Summer Program for Youth
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251798756
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Carlisle, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7174480602
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Centers, Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $346,895
- Expenses
- $332,831
- Assets
- $473,321
- Liabilities
- $1,089
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JEANNA SOM (EXECUTIVE DI): $45,202 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Summer program for youth, dba supportive partnerships for youth and often referred to as spy, is an organization dedicated to empowering underprivileged elementary-aged children in the carlisle area. Spy's mission is to help these children learn and grow academically, socially, and emotionally. By offering free, quality enrichment programming specifically to economically disadvantaged students, the goal is to ensure more equitable access to experiences and relationships that enrich a child's life, enhance their academic performance, and give every child an opportunity to thrive. Spy has a vision of a community where all children are afforded the opportunity to achieve the future of their dreams.
What it reported doing in 2025
Spy is an academic and social emotional enrichment year round experience for at-risk elementary aged students in the carlisle area. Participants are children who have been identified by their school counselor as a student who is struggling academically and socially and would benefit from education enrichment, social engagement, and a safe, nurturing environment while not in school. Over 90 percent of children referred to our program come from low-income homes and spy is offered at no charge so that those who need it the most are able to attend.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.6%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 68.5%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
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: 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.6% of revenue deployed · 68.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $228K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.