Youth and Families First

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300518804
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2011
Location
Glendale, AZ, USA
Phone
6234356840
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$675,189
Expenses
$666,225
Assets
$39,138
Liabilities
$32,929

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is providing youth and families with the hope that tomorrow can be better than today, by empowering youth and families for life long success, inspiring hope in individuals, and fostering strong community connections. We will provide high quality practice based evidence programs, founded on unconditional positive regard, and utilizing a strengths based skills teaching model.

What it reported doing in 2011

The organization believes in partnering with youth and families in identifying and utilizing natural supports to help teach new skills that can empower and promote independence for successful living. The organization provides the following services: behavior coaching, individual living skills and development, behavioral health prevention/promotion and education, psycho-educational services, psycho-social skills, on-going support to maintain employment, family support, respite, personal care services, parenting skills, mediation, supervised visits, family advocacy, cognitive development skills/restructuring skills and mentoring.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 100
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -50.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $511K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $57K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.