Youth Alive Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863225331
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lowell, MA, USA
Phone
6176508062
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development – Religious Leadership
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,392
Expenses
$14,916
Assets
$25,037
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alison Saxelby (President)

People named in this filing

  • Alison Saxelby (President)
  • Catherine Hardy (Treasurer)
  • Carmen Ray Calvo (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Christian worship and training center for youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

In-person worship with 15 teens/young adults. Trained 15 kids to study the Bible and apply it to their lives or evangelize. Counseled several kids on personal problems. Mentored kids in prayer topics and practiced what we learned. Engaged hundreds of teens on the streets each week. Prayed with dozens. Trained a number of kids in outreach and sharing their faith. Gave them opportunities to participate in outreaches and practice what we learned. Texted 50+ videos each week to kids I met in person or on the streets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 16
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.2%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 64.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.2% of revenue deployed · 20.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.