Youth Shelter Program of Westchester Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132883065
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mount Vernon, NY, USA
Phone
9146684702
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,224,886
Expenses
$2,603,675
Assets
$1,699,318
Liabilities
$1,027,659

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOANNE DUNN (EXECUTIVE DI): $137,065 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide youth ages 16-21 an alternative living situation while they are awaiting their court appearances. Our mission is to educate and motivate our young residents by providing them with opportunities for success through specialized programs that provide the support necessary for them to function as positive, contributing members of society upon their eventual return to their communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth shelter program of westchester, inc. (the "organization"), operates a community-based home-like alternative to incarceration for young men awaiting adjudication for various charges in courts throughout westchester county, ny. The organization provides its residents with food, shelter, medical care, psychological counseling, substance abuse treatment, state certified high school education administered by the local board of education, social and recreational programs and a positive environment that emphasizes respect, discipline, structure, responsibility and individualized attention. The goals of the program are to educate, motivate and provide opportunities for success to assist the residents to function as positive, contributing members of society upon their final adjudication and release. The organization provides young offenders a unique continuum of care that begins the day they arrive at the shelter and continues long after their discharge. The organization operates a 12-bed residential facility and provides educational, clinical/behavioral health, vocational and cultural enhancement program to our residents and their families. We also operate a community program that is embedded with the same service model that acts as diversionary program within the local city courts for youth ages 16-25 along with an aftercare program to support a youth's successful reintegration back into the community after incarceration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.8% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.