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Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883118908
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Calabasas, CA, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,060
Expenses
$171,394
Assets
$68,936

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF M LONG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

People named in this filing

  • JEFF M LONG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • TODD HANSON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER & DIRECTOR)
  • JENNIFER PARGA MSW (DIRECTOR)

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

Organized exclusively to promote mental health for teens by providing resources and peer support that offers hope help and inspiration for recovery.

What it reported doing in 2025

We proudly present four specialized toolboxes aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills to understand better and manage their mental health challenges: - Depression Toolbox: This toolbox serves as a supportive resource for students grappling with feelings of sadness or hopelessness offering a range of tools to encourage emotional resilience. - Anxiety Toolbox: Designed to assist students in navigating anxiety this toolbox provides practical techniques for managing stress and promoting calmness in challenging situations. - Grounding Toolbox: Specifically crafted for individuals with ADHD this toolbox includes techniques that foster focus and presence helping students anchor themselves in the moment. - Distraction Toolbox: This toolbox offers creative and constructive methods for redirecting thoughts and energy assisting students in managing overwhelming feelings and finding healthy outlets. Each toolbox contains evidence-based materials developed in collaboration with mental health professionals and insights from our Youth Advisory Board. These invaluable resources are particularly crucial for schools in underserved communities empowering students with practical coping strategies that enhance their overall well-being.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.9%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 43.6%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.9% of revenue deployed · 43.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.