Youth Evangelism Strategies Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541969514
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Keaau, HI, USA
Phone
6058632346
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,020
Expenses
$260,985
Assets
$849,864
Liabilities
$495,683

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL BRENNAN (PRESIDENT/TR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL BRENNAN (PRESIDENT/TR): $57,584 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 purpose of youth evangelism strategies is to support the local community in meeting physical and spiritual needs by providing community events and resources for hawaiian children and adults.

What it reported doing in 2025

Approximately 300 children are served annually with our summer camp and year-round youth meetings for native hawaiian youth on the island of Hawaii. We offer free summer camps, which operate june through july. Our food pantry and clothing closet provides clothing and food to local hawaiians. We also operate a safe house for women who are rescued from sex trafficking. This includes providing housing, trauma therapy, and rehabilitation. We also offer a teen night, which is a weekly gathering with local teens serving approximately 50 youth throughout the year, including meals, transportation, activities, prizes, field trips and retreats.

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 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -135.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.26; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $243K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $58K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.