Young Marines National Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463937785
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
Phone
3016427597
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$542,123
Expenses
$788,136
Assets
$3,611,074
Liabilities
$66,692

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL ZELIFF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL ZELIFF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $30,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the young marines national foundation is to financially support the mission, values and programs of the young marines by the solicitation, preservation and distribution of the gifts, grants, and matching funds from individuals, corporations and foundations committed to the development of boys and girls into responsible citizens who enjoy and promote a healthy, drug free lifestyle.

What it reported doing in 2025

The young marines national foundation financially supports the following programs of the young marines:1. Drug demand reduction efforts - the young marines participate in year round, ongoing training and activities to provde education and health alternatives to all forms of substance abuse.2. Responsible citizens - the young marines participate in year round ongoing volunteer efforts to pay tribute to veterans, restore open spaces and contribute to peope in need.3. Red ribbon week - the young marines national campaign includes helping all americans come together to keep children, families and communities safe, healthy and drug free through parent training and networking. Young marines units across america participate every year in red ribbon week by teaching peer to peer classes and being a positive role model.4. Veterans appreciation week - for one week in november each year, young marines units across the country celebrate young marines veterans appreciation week. The purpose of the campaign is to challenge our young marines to dedicate some of their time to help our nation's veterans and to demonstrate, through their actions, their sincere appreciation for our veteran's service to our country.5. Leadership development - financial support is provided to young marines related to their leadership academy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 33.4%; rating input score 33
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.58; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 33.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $263K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.