Youth Life Skills Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843715093
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Tigard, OR, USA
Phone
5034902488
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$174,182
Expenses
$105,869
Assets
$118,012

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL HOLTON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL HOLTON (PRESIDENT)
  • LASHELL HOLTON (SECRETARY)
  • NICK SEED (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Youth life skills academy (ylsa) is dedicated to meeting youth in their circumstances and educate, inspire, and empower them to move in the direction of their dreams. Our mission is to create a positive structured learning environment with an emphasis on improving life skills through sports and basketball. We provide positive and measurable life skills through experiencing our structured events that occur during breaks throughout the k-12 school calendar.

What it reported doing in 2023

The community violence intervention grant is to provide pro social activities for at risk and marginalized communities. We provide sponsorships for these out of school events 4 times a year, when the school calendar has breaks. These academy experiences are 3 day events that provide life skill training, fitness and wellness education. Additionally, we provide food and etiquette training. This grant also supports 2 "business of sport" field trips to the moda center. 22,686 of the grant money received was spent for these purposes in 2023, and the remaining 102,314 is restricted for health, wellness, and violence prevention uses. In 2023, approximately 260 children participated in these events.

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 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 73.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 81.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $106K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.