Youth with a Mission - San Diegobaja

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330604992
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Chula Vista, CA, USA
Phone
6194201900
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,148,909
Expenses
$15,578,083
Assets
$22,048,486
Liabilities
$3,188,792

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SEAN LAMBERT (President)
  • RON BREWSTER (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • RON BREWSTER (Vice President): $17,793 total reported compensation
  • SEAN LAMBERT (President): $14,784 total reported compensation
  • JANET LAMBERT (BOARD MEMBER): $10,170 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Organization's mission has three core objectives: discipleship, evangelism, and extending works of mercy among the poor and needy. The primary focus of the Organization's ministry is in Northern Baja, Mexico with additional ministry initiatives in 20 different nations.

What it reported doing in 2017

Homes for hope ministry: the organization builds homes for the needy. The organization has constructed 294 homes in mexico, 13 homes in costa rica, 9 homes in the dominican republic, 1 home in cambodia and 1 home in uganda. There were 4,898 participants in this program during the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $49.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.2%; rating input score 84; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 19 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.