Urbanpromise Los Angeles Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851893407
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Canoga Park, CA, USA
Phone
4237377364
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$305,527
Expenses
$358,078
Assets
$32,512
Liabilities
$12,910

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DIONTE GREY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DIONTE GREY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,600 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 provide the children and youth of los angeles with the holistic support they need to become christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Street leader: urbanpromise los angeles streetleader program is a transformative initiative that aims to empower urban youth by providing them with resources, mentorship, and hands on experience to become leaders within their communities. Through this program, young individuals are given the opportunity to grow and develop personally, academically, and spiritually, while also playing an active role in making a positive impact in their neighborhoods. Streetleaders are trained and equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to mentor and support at risk youth, to create and implement community service initiatives, and to develop their own leadership potential. With the streetleader program, urbanpromise los angeles is not only investing in the future of these young individuals but also in the vibrancy and resilience of the entire urban community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $252K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.