The Harold Hunter Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205126705
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2011
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
8778295500
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$232,106
Expenses
$453,643
Assets
$166,142
Liabilities
$78,353

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIFFANY LEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIFFANY LEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $51,711 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To use skateboarding as a vehicle to provide underserved youth with valuable life experiences that nurture individual creativity, resourcefulness, and the development of life skills.

What it reported doing in 2024

HHF PROVIDES MENTORSHIP, LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT DESIGNED TO HELP YOUTH OVERCOME BARRIERS BY NURTURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL AND SELF-MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AS WELL AS GUIDING SKATERS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF POST-SECONDARY CAREER EXPLORATION. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS Skate Clinics Our open-enrollment outreach-based program that serves as the primary point of entry into all HHF programs, events, and opportunity. Locations of open skate clinics are posted weekly on our Instagram page. Skate Camp Program In our SKATE CAMP motivated teen skaters (age 14-17) participate in HHF's year-round Skate Program and are invited to our amazing week away in the mountains of NY state for a week of skating, swimming, camping, hiking, bonding, and so much more! Women & Girls Initiative The Women & Girls Initiative is a pioneering program designed to empower and engage girls at a younger age in the world of skateboarding. This initiative creates a safe and supportive space for organic mentorship between women and girls, fostering connections within the traditionally male-dominated sport. LGBTQIA+ Initiative HHF's Women & LGBTQIA+ Initiative seeks to provide support, advocacy and opportunity to skateboarders in the NYC area who identify as women and/or LGBTQIA+. Men's Mental Health Initiative The Men's Health Initiative focuses on male-identifying skaters and their impact within the skateboard community. We host a series of workshops and events that support men's ability to listen, learn, and become better allies and role models. Rider Development Program This initiative provides structured support to talented competitive skateboarders, who often face unique challenges due to their singular focus on skateboarding. It ensures they can balance their passion for skateboarding with other essential life goals. Creative Careers Program This program offers pathways to skateboarding adjacent careers, helping young individuals explore and pursue creative professions that align with their passion for skateboarding. Workforce Development This component creates internship opportunities for young adults, offering them structured work environments to gain valuable experience and prepare for their future careers. Grow With Google Grow With Google @ HHF is a collaboration between Google and HHF to provide NYC skateboarders scholarships for Google Career Certificates, which is a self-paced, online training program that offers professional certificates in the fast-growing high-demand fields of project management, user experience (UX) design, data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, and IT support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $69.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -95.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $356K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.