Youth Making Changes Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871548862
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$171,332
Expenses
$161,236
Assets
$10,096

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Denoris Crisler (President)

People named in this filing

  • Denoris Crisler (President)
  • Yolanda Willoughby (Secretary)
  • Norgie Wilder (Treasurer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Youth Making Changes Inc. exists to empower and support disadvantaged youth ages 12-25 especially those impacted by foster care homelessness poverty and community violence by providing violence-prevention programming life-skills training mentorship and supportive services that promote safety stability and successful transition into adulthood.

What it reported doing in 2024

Violence Prevention: Youth Making Changes Inc. operates a community-based violence prevention program serving youth ages 1225 who are at risk of involvement in violence or exposure to trauma. The program provides mentorship conflict resolution trauma-informed support and structured group sessions focused on de-escalation emotional regulation and positive decision-making. During the reporting year approximately 150 youth benefited from violence prevention services designed to reduce risk factors and promote safety stability and positive community engagement.Job Readiness Program: The Job Readiness Program prepares youth and young adults ages 1625 for workforce entry and career advancement. Services include resume development interview preparation job search assistance workplace readiness training and soft-skills development. Participants also receive guidance on professional conduct time management and career planning. During the year approximately 150 individuals participated in job readiness services increasing employability and long-term economic stability.Life Skills Training: Youth Making Changes Inc. provides life skills training to support independent living and personal development for youth and young adults ages 1225. The program includes financial literacy budgeting communication skills decision-making goal setting and coping strategies for everyday challenges. Life skills training equips participants with tools necessary for self-sufficiency and successful transitions to adulthood. Approximately 150 individuals benefited from life skills training during the reporting year.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.9%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 43.4%; rating input score 43

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -53.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.9% of revenue deployed · 43.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.