Yellow Brick Place

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453748944
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Youngstown, OH, USA
Phone
2342289550
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer

Reported finances

Revenue
$266,529
Expenses
$234,991
Assets
$288,417
Liabilities
$563

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS CHRESTAY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RENEE AMACHER (GRANT CHAIR)
  • DAVID ARMSTRONG (BOARD MEMBER)
  • AMY CAMARDESE (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To nourish and comfort the mind, body, and spirit during the fight against cancer along with providing a hopeful environment for cancer patients, families, and care givers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided support, educational materials, and other non-medical services to cancer patients and those close to them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- the organization was closed as of march 12, 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic and re-opened for one-on-one appointments in october 2020. Educational programs - group programs were suspended due to the covid-19 pandemic. Ybp-your beauty program - this program was video recorded and posted to the organization's website. Total attendance/participation was 1,212. Support group attendance was 276. Groups included all cancer support, caregiver support, multiple myeloma, and prostate cancer support. Programs/activities attendance was 579. These included art therapy, sound therapy, chair yoga am and pm, reiki massage, walking with me program, chocolate program, movement with mona, puppy love party with service dogs, nutrition cooking class, and mental health program. Programs and services to help cancer clients look and feel their best included your beauty program with 19 attendees and wigs given to 108 clients. 10th anniversary celebration was attended by 150 people. The annual christmas party for support group members, volunteers, and staff was attended by 70 people. Requests/referrals included ybp information, wig appointments, financial assistance program referrals, program registrations, mastectomy supplies, hair coverings, cancer support group information and more. Some community outreach included tv spots and interviews, eastwood mall community booth, market night at penguin city, millcreek softball and other fundraisers, pink out at local park, panerathon breast cancer walk/run and pink ribbon tea for breast cancer survivors.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 11.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $235K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.