Ymca Youth Leadership Academy Inc (7105-So)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392043466
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4142249622
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE TOLAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BOB HEGER (TREASURER)
  • BRUCE JACOBS (CHAIRMAN)
  • DEBRA KLEPP (SECRETARY)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the ymca youth leadership academy, inc. Is based on the fundamental belief that every child has a birthright to receive a first-class education. Yla students are given the tools and knowledge they need to succeed in our increasingly global culture thanks to a dedicated group of teachers, administrators, and support staff. Yla provides an environment that promotes creative collaboration.

What it reported doing in 2014

The philosophy of the young leaders academy (yla), a charter school operated by the ymca youth leadership academy, inc. Is a focus on character development while setting the expectation that college is in the future of each student we serve. Yla is one of the higher performing elementary schools in the city of milwaukee. Staff is diverse and focused on the academic achievement of the students, along with a high level of parental support and involvement. Every part of the school day reinforces the values and expectations of both students and yla educators. Yla strives to combine the beneficial rigors of a classical education with the latest in technology and the best teaching and learning practices. As a result, yla has implemented the measures of academic progress (map) exam and the online tutoring software, compass learning. The implementation of map and compass learning allows yla to continue in providing the students with a high quality academic experience.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 4th 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: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 28th 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.