Youth Connections Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310900601
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Franklin, IN, USA
Phone
3177383273
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$233,214
Expenses
$271,978
Assets
$68,064
Liabilities
$95,183

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIM SHELL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANA GILBERT (EXECUTIVE DI): $46,083 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of youth connections is to serve youth through crisis intervention, community education and mentoring to foster positive relations and self worth. Youth connections' community impact is felt throughout johnson and morgan counties, Indiana. The work of the organization unfolds through the following 6 programs: project safe place, the children's visitation center, custody evaluations, families in transition, jump start, and the host homes program. Youth connections started serving youth in 1976 as a 501(c)(3) not for profit youth shelter. Since then, services have remained focused on all youth and have evolved to meet emerging gaps in the community. As a youth services bureau, the organization offers a variety of programs based on the following four core roles - delinquency prevention, advocacy, community education, and information and referral.

What it reported doing in 2020

Project safe place, a 24-hour immediate crisis intervention program for youth who are 7 to 17 years old. Youth can access the program by calling or texting the safe place helpline or by walking into participating community locations and talking to a designated safe place site contact who will connect them with youth connections. Services may range from helping youth work through family problems to providing temporary emergency housing in partnership with the host homes program which serves homeless and runaway youth with case management services, the opportunity to resolve conflicts and problems, and temporary shelter. Safe place aims to deter juvenile delinquency through ongoing communication and education with youth and utilizes trained professionals who listen to youth and assist them in making good choices and finding the resources that they may need. In 2019, the safe place program reached 22,325 youth through educational workshops and presentations at schools in johnson and morgan counties.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.4; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $166K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2020
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.