The Key Youth Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824853138
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Troy, MO, USA
- Phone
- 6362951974
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,820
- Expenses
- $113,141
- Assets
- $216,466
- Liabilities
- $1,550
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTINA GREGORY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHERI WINCHESTER (VICE PRESIDE)
- KRISTINA GREGORY (PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTY ST PIERRE (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
House homeless youth in lincoln county
What it reported doing in 2024
The key provided safe shelter to homeless youth in 2024, as well as provided access to case management, life skills training, and support services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
MIXED - 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: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15.4%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 14
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: -10%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 15.4% of revenue deployed · 13.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.