Empowers underserved youth through comprehensive programs from elementary school to college.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $92K in revenue, $222K in expenses, and $331K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$92K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$222K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$331K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$130K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
64%
20%
16%
Program services $0.64 Management & general $0.20 Fundraising $0.16
Program efficiency
64%
of spending reaches programs▲ +35% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
16.7mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -49% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-142%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -306% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$92K
FY2025▼ -83%
$537K$269K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$222K
FY2025▲ +31%
$222K$111K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$335K
FY2025▼ -28%
$465K$233K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$4K
FY2025▲ +5%
$4K$2K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$92K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$222K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$331K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$130K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$335K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B64%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 36
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 45
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $143K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Comprehensive Expanded Learning
Our programs are rooted in our five pillars of success. The five pillars of success are academics, life skills, health and wellness, service and safety, and support. The goal of the five pillars of success is for the scholars to build character, social competency, leadership skills, and emotional intelligence.
$66Kprogram expense
02
Scholarship and Academic Support
Operation progress fort worth (opfw) provided individualized academic case management to each scholar. Academic programming focused on transforming scholars into knowledgeable and critical thinkers, allows them to develop and perfect effective study strategies, requires them to minimally achieve a 3.0 gpa, and aims to shift the scholars'…
$60Kprogram expense
03
Mentorship
Fort worth police officers serve as mentors and engage with scholars at least one time per month. Additionally, officers participated in mentor training one time per month. Such mentoring aided in providing support and safety, and built trust in the police-community relationship.
Myeshia Smith’s $90K as Executive Director
is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 113 <$100K 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
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.
Individual Myeshia Smith · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $90K · Total expenses $222K
41%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $115K · Total expenses $222K
52%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
64%
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Overhead ratio
20%
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Fundraising cost ratio
43%
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Revenue growth
-83%
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Accounting fee ratio
13%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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