Honestly INC FY2021 filing

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Oklahoma City, OK501(c)(3)Since 2016Youth DevelopmentEIN 81-2820895Revenue $2.8M in FY2021

On file with the IRShonestlyokc.org1300 N Broadway Dr, 73103-4814 · Oklahoma City, OKTax-exempt since Aug 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Honestly's Mission: We are building a movement to improve sexual health outcomes for youth. Through coordinated action and strategic alignment of our Collaboration partners, we facilitate systemic change to create sustainable improvements in youth sexual health outcomes. Our work focuses on advancing evidence-based, comprehensive, medically accurate, and age-appropriate education and resources while addressing systemic barriers and promoting health equity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$107K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $127K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$107K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $1.2M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$677K
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.8M
+209% vs prior year
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$839K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2021▲ +209%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$908K
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$889K
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2021▲ +169%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$900K
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$893K
FY2025$771K
Net assets
$839K
FY2021▲ +81%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$464K
FY2021$839K
FY2022$907K
FY2023$741K
FY2024$737K
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $2.0M Management & general 14% · $343K Fundraising 2% · $49K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $107K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$106,531Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
At Large Mem
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jessica Kobylinski’s $97K as CEO is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Laura Lang—$111,831$111,863——$106,531
Laura E Lang———$107,201$106,531—
Jessica Kobylinski$97,084—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Improving youth sexual health through a growing movement.

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1 program · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Thrive

Sexual health collective for youth leads a public-private teen pregnancy prevention collaboration with a common agenda of reducing teen pregnancy in central oklahoma. Thrive's comprehensive plan, momentum matters, launched in october 2019 continues to guide the activities of our collaboration to meet the bold goal of reducing the teen…

$2.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 42 grants · $2.4M · 2019–2022
Texas A&mFY2022$134,172
Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterFY2022$61,635
Bnc GlobalFY2022$52,685
Freedom City INCOK · FY2022$25,000
Pivot INCOK · FY2022$10,000
Hope for Generations INCOK · FY2022$10,000
Jayden Oliver Basketball LLCFY2022$10,000
YWCAOK · FY2022$10,000
Modern Manhood FoundationOK · FY2022$10,000
Texas A&mFY2021$124,094
Freedom City INCOK · FY2021$34,686
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$343K
Fundraisingcol D$49K
Owns and owesPt X
$839K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$313K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$677K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$6K
Total revenueLn 12$2.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$313K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$313K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$677K
Net assetsLn 32$839K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 680
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$249K$313K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$592K$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$128K$677K
Net assetsLn 32$464K$839K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.2M$1.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$117K$54K$63K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$394K$316K$77K$2K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$9K$2K$15
Other employee benefitsLn 9$29K$26K$3K$73
Payroll taxesLn 10$36K$27K$8K$164
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$2K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$58K$34K$24K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$328K$218K$64K$46K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$98K$61K$37K
Office expensesLn 13$37K$28K$8K$891
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$35K$7K$28K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$439$10
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$42K$42K$198
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$56K$47K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$105$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$2.0M$343K$49K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$771K$463K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $889K$893K−$4K$737K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$2.1M−$166K$741K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$1.9M$84K$907K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $2.8M$2.4M$378K$839K 990 PDF
FY2020 $908K$900K$7K$464K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,804,552 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $907,797$2,808,365
I-9 Program service revenue$1,000
I-10 Investment income−$6,458
I-11 Other revenue$1,645
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $907,797$2,804,552
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $204,500$1,161,462
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $496,111$586,544
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $199,840$678,078
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $900,451$2,426,084
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,346$378,468
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,804,552 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,152,429
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$655,936
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,808,365
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,000$1,000
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$6,458−$6,458
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,645$1,645
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,000 · Excluded from tax −$4,813$2,804,552
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,426,084 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,161,462$1,161,462
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $53,672 · Management $63,007$116,679
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $315,828 · Management $76,568 · Fundraising $1,578$393,974
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,131 · Management $2,178 · Fundraising $15$11,324
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,734 · Management $3,251 · Fundraising $73$29,058
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,087 · Management $8,258 · Fundraising $164$35,509
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,394 · Management $2,794$5,188
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $34,311 · Management $24,063$58,374
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $218,186 · Management $63,576 · Fundraising $45,817$327,579
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $61,043 · Management $36,811$97,854
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $28,419 · Management $7,736 · Fundraising $891$37,046
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,169$1,169
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,650 · Management $28,469$35,119
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,855 · Management $439 · Fundraising $10$2,304
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $41,696 · Management $198$41,894
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,399$1,399
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,778$4,778
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $46,563 · Management $9,567$56,130
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $105 · Management $9,139$9,244
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,034,136 · Management $343,400 · Fundraising $48,548$2,426,084
Part X · Balance sheet $1,516,185 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $249,422$313,357
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $316,663$1,168,616
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$30,715
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,050$3,497
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $592,136$1,516,185
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $36,279$674,511
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $10,000$2,433
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $127,666$676,944
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $164,470$414,241
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $300,000$425,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $464,470$839,241
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $592,136$1,516,185
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $839,241 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,804,552
XI-2 Total expenses$2,426,084
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$378,468
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$464,470
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$3,697
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$839,241

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