The Merge Youth Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270490291
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Phone
9286993818
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,299
Assets
$1,099

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHIRLEY A CHANCE (President)

People named in this filing

  • CURTIS A CHANCE (Treasurer)
  • SHIRLEY A CHANCE (President)
  • SHANNA DEE PERRY (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The merge youth center is a non profit resource and youth facility for junior high through college age kids to meet and interact in friendy and educational environment in the community. The center promotes music education through selected concerts, provides a venue where interdenominational youth and students can build cultural awareness and provides an opportunity for these individuals to experience citywide youth events and travel.

What it reported doing in 2016

The merge youth center is a non profit resource center for youth that facilitates junior high through college age kids in educational and outreash programs and provides a venue where interdenominational youth and students can build cultural awareness. The center promotes music education through selected concerts where individuals can also experience citywide youth events and travel. Events are planned throughout the year to meet this goal.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -94.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -82.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -43.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.