Thru Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463961089
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2013
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2108520220
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,063,490
Expenses
$2,309,293
Assets
$2,292,660
Liabilities
$159,598

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COURTNEY LAVERTY (CEO)
  • LEONARD RODRIGUEZ (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • COURTNEY LAVERTY (CEO): $60,382 total reported compensation
  • LEONARD RODRIGUEZ (CEO): $36,138 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Thru project empowers youth and young adults with a history of foster care to build independent, successful futures.

What it reported doing in 2025

Breakthru mental wellness offers mental health services to youth and young individuals. In fy25, 49 unique individuals were served in break thru.thru talks hosts life skills workshops bi-monthly all year round. These sessions provide essential skills for successfully navigating adulthood. Community partners, who are specialists in relevant topics, share their knowledge with young participants. In fy25 over 130 young adults participated in life skillsfostering connections, through a partnership with t-mobile, provides youth with cell phones at no cost to them. For many, this device is their sole means of accessing the internet and maintaining connections with friends, family, and community resources. In fy25, 38 cellphones were provided. Pass to success offers youth six-month via bus passes to assist with transportation needs. Additionally, it provides uber rides for youth to reach any events related to thru project. In fy25, 47 bus passes were given out and over 700 ride shares were provided to participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.