Yes of Pend Oreille County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800886113
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Newport, WA, USA
Phone
5094471125
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development – Citizenship

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$621,400
Expenses
$520,065
Assets
$1,517,452
Liabilities
$14,633

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • VENERABLE THUBTEN JIGME (BOARD CHAIR)
  • THUBTEN GYATSO (SECRETARY)
  • JANA MUELLER (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

Yes is committed to supporting homeless and at-risk young people; promoting stability, growth and the ability to thrive. We create space for transformation. We aspire to communities to recognize, respond and act to end youth homelessness. We look forward to a time when every young person can expect that they will have enough to eat, a safe place to live, and get a good education with safe adults who respect and care for them.

What it reported doing in 2025

Yes of pend oreille county (youth emergency services) provides intensive case management to homeless and at-risk youth and young adults, ages 12 to 24. Young people receive professional support in navigating all the necessary steps toward living in a safe and permanent home, continuing with school, receiving medical and mental health care and having adequate food and clothing. Yes has a drop-in center in newport, Washington where kids can shower, wash clothes, recreate with other young people and meet with advocates and learn life skills. Yes has hired staff members with previous experience in their fields. Yes hired one advocate who was prviously employed as a family advocate and is familiar with Washington laws when helping the homeless population. Yes also has an executive assistant with experience working with state and federal grants and has a background in accounting. All the employees have a passion for our mission.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.7%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 61%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th 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: 16.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.92; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.7% of revenue deployed · 61% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $317K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.