Upward Bound Youth
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341850567
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Smithville, OH, United States
- Phone
- 330-944-9038
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $222,201,859
- Expenses
- $32,076,235
- Assets
- $206,666,740
- Liabilities
- $2,095
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- RICHARD JANKOV (EXECUTIVE DI): $134,900 total reported compensation
- STEPHANIE MCCOY (AST. EXEC. D): $108,655 total reported compensation
- KRISTA STONE (DIRECTOR): $83,589 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To develop and provide programs, facilities, and resources to aid youth and their families in their spiritual, physical, emotional and educational development. In accordance with our sincerely held religious beliefs. We Believe** that in order to preserve the function and integrity of Upward Bound Youth as a ministry that teaches Biblical truth, a Christian world-view and provides programming to minister these principles and the love of Jesus Christ while being a role-model of Christ’s ministry and life in the communities it operates, it is imperative that all persons employed by Upward Bound Youth in any capacity, or who serve on the Board of Directors or as an officer of the corporation or participate as an intern or volunteer agree and abide by these Statement of Faith and Doctrinal Distinctives.18 1** Deut 6:4; Jer 10:10; 1 Cor 8:4b; Eph 4:5-6; Gen 1:1; Ps 102:25; Job 11:7-9; Ps...
What it reported doing in 2024
The development and teaching of biblical studies, a christian worldview and spiritual formation for individuals is an integral part of the ministry work. In addition, coordination of grants and programs with other compatible non-profit and religious organizations was an on-going component of the ministry. Lastly, efforts towards university accreditation with a christian university was also initiated. Staff and volunteer hours exceeded 3,000 hours for the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 92
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $3,037.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Pass
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 42.9%; rating input score 43; 12th 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: 85.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.44; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 108.4% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 58.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 57.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 70.8% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 7 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $214K reported
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 55 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 45 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 43/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.