Youth First Connections Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020630433
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Joliet, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7082717149
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Centers, Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $94,490
- Expenses
- $90,289
- Assets
- $8,747
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Youth First Connections is an organization that provides mental health services (counseling via individual, group and family format) to students in elementary and junior high school as well as mentoring services to youth considered high-risk.
What it reported doing in 2012
Youth First Connections provided counseling services (individual/group) in a South Suburban School District to over 150 students throughout the academic school year and summer of 2012. We provided enrichment services during the summer including field trips.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 144.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $90K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $28K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2012
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.