Tykes & Teens Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650570899
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Stuart, FL, USA
Phone
7722203439
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Association

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,981,094
Expenses
$6,910,185
Assets
$3,154,292
Liabilities
$1,296,948

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN GONZALEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • PAIGE RIOPELLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA KLOSS (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • ANNE W POSEY (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANNE W POSEY (CEO): $214,101 total reported compensation
  • KIMBERELY JEANSONNE (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $90,205 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To be the trusted provider of compassionate and exceptional behavioral health care through prevention and treatment services for children from infancy through young adulthood.

What it reported doing in 2025

Outpatient services : provides comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents, and families through in-person and telehealth appointments. Services include individual, family, and group therapy, psychiatric care, medication management, and specialized infant mental health services. Tykes has preformed 25,754 sessions in the past fiscal year.early childhood mental health services: provides specialized mental health services for infants, young children, and caregivers during critical developmental years. Evidence-based interventions address trauma, strengthen caregiver-child relationships, and promote healthy social-emotional development. There have been 3,238 early childhood mental health sessions in the past fiscal year.camp providing enhanced treatment and empowering youth (camp petey): a free therapeutic summer camp held in martin county for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. Camp petey combines therapeutic support with traditional camp activities to build confidence, strengthen social skills, and provide a safe, positive childhood experience. There were 16 campers that participated in camp that otherwise would not have been able to participate in camp during the past fiscal year.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.