Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311174910
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
South Bend, IN, USA
Phone
5742359231
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,691,933
Expenses
$2,681,988
Assets
$11,433,597
Liabilities
$436,563

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANK PERRI (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTINA MCGOVERN (EXECUTIVE DI): $100,144 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA LOWERY (DIRECTOR OF): $90,848 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Youth service bureau exists because all youth deserve safety and stability. Our vision is that every young person will thrive in a safe and supportive community. Ysb's ultimate goal is to ensure all youth have access to safety, shelter and the opportunity to succeed. We work to help youth repair foundations which have been damaged by abuse, neglect, homelessness and lack of resources by teaching them how to overcome the complex barriers to self-sufficiency. We do this through offering an array of services (emergency youth shelter, street outreach program, a drop in center, transitional living programs, independent living programs, individual and family counseling, case management services, safe place presentations and sites) which are offered completely free of charge to youth. Our entire community benefits when we can empower young people and give them the tools to build self-sufficient and successful lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Transitional living program provides apartment-based transitional housing to non-parenting males and females ages 18-21 who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Youth are provided case management, therapy, and life skills training needed to obtain self-sufficiency. Eleven individuals were assisted in this program during an 18 month span. Of the six clients who exited the program, six exited the program to safe and stable housing. 100% of clients were either in school or working. An outreach program for youth aged 21 and under. Street outreach workers provided street-based community outreach in local neighborhoods, community parks, and community centers to provide health/hygiene products, information, on-street assessments, referrals for services, shelter, and housing, as well as crisis intervention. During the last fiscal year, the street outreach program provided 37 clients with case management services and 930 visits to ysb's drop-in center were made by youth aged 21 and under. Street outreach provided 163 community referrals and 10,099 outreach contacts were made with 4,909 unduplicated outreach contacts. Safe place is affiliated with the national safe place program. There are over 160 teen friendly locations youth can go to for help. Clients can text "safe- and their current location to 4help (44357) to locate the nearest safe place location to them. Several ne safe place sites were added this fiscal year is the oaklawn children and adolescents unit, oaklawn mobile crisis unit, unity gardens, downtown ywca, career academy, purdue polytechnic high school and safy. Safe place staff reached a total of 10,821 youth this fiscal year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 60% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th 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: 8 of 8 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.26; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 15 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $246K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.