Youth At Heart Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 731043630
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tulsa, OK, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,188,080
- Expenses
- $1,392,582
- Assets
- $766,880
- Liabilities
- $67,603
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sara Framel (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Sara Framel (President & CEO): $91,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission is to provide expanded learning opportunities that develop character, instill values, and equip youth for success through academic, enrichment, and sports activities; specifically serve youth attending Title 1, low-performing schools or living in high poverty areas. Core programs for the elementary clients include daily homework help/tutoring followed by enrichment clubs. Club opportunities include S.T.E.M. and S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts and math), robotics, cooking, tutoring, mentoring, sports (tennis, basketball), health and nutrition, and field trips. Our junior high program is offered as part of AfterOpp, a collaborative partnership that offers interest-based club options, including robotics, theater, ceramics, coding, soccer, academic assistance and field trips. The top five at-risk characteristics include 1) Food insecurity, 2) Below grade level academic success, 3) Lack of behavior management skills, 4) Lack of consistent parental support, and
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, Youth At Heart (YAH) continued to provide expanded learning opportunities that build character, support academic growth, and empower youth for success through education, enrichment, and experiences. YAH students read a total of 1,290 books through our annual read-a-thon, strengthening literacy skills and building a love of reading. On average, YAH participants achieved 92% school-day attendance demonstrating strong engagement and improved learning outcomes. Throughout the year, YAH delivered hands-on enrichment and community experiences that helped youth learn, explore, and thrive. In 2024, YAH proudly served 878 Tulsa students, continuing our commitment to ensuring every child has the opportunity to succeed.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: -17.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $989K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.