Twp-the Youth Movement

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331207585
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Norfolk, VA, USA
Phone
7577472679
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$771,653
Expenses
$738,664
Assets
$413,792
Liabilities
$17,711

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DEIRDRE A LOVE (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • TANYA KEARNEY (BOARD CHAIRP)
  • DR CHINYERE ONYIRIMBA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create a platform that empowers young people to use their voice, creativity, reflection and action to affect personal growth, transform lives and impact communities through the arts and peer led programs and events. We create a safe, non-judgmental environment for self expression for all young people as we continue to promote healthy life choices. Our programs promote resilience, health, well-being, civic engagement and also enriches their social emotional and educational growth and creative expression.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community engagement & educational support this program encourages social responsibility and development provides youth with opportunities to engage with local and national communities to provide community service and model pro-social behavior, proactively contributing to the world. Educational support includes student/teach/parent support team, an on-site/virtual tutor, and teaching artist to assist, guide and motivate. Community violence intervention safe passage evidence-based community violence intervention (cvi) in three neighborhoods experiencing some of the highest incidences of community violence in norfolk, especially related to youth and young adults. Twp will provide direct support to those at the greatest risk of perpetuating violence and those who are already connected to violence throughout the school day, afterschool, weekends and during special events with a growing team. Twp's safe passage intervention program/better choices/violence intervention system entitled, community safety coalition (csc) is part of a complementary strategy to policing that redefines the way we understand public safety, where the public is central to the public safety approach. Community members are empowered through training and supervision and well defined standards of operations to be able to mitigate harm through street outreach that reduces violence. Csc increases residents' role in the public safety process. They deepen relationships throughout the community.

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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $79.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 4.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $690K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.