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Melissa Sawyer

Chief Executive Officer · Youth Empowerment Project

Chief Executive Officer at Youth Empowerment Project. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$444K
Others who share this name
6

Who this is

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Reported as Chief Executive Officer of Youth Empowerment Project, based in New Orleans, LA.
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Received $444K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Member of Bureau of Governmental Research INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
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Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Youth Empowerment Project Chief Executive Officer · $5.1M revenue · New Orleans, LAYOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT ENGAGES UNDERSERVED YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION, MENTORING AND EMPLOYMENT READINESS PROGRAMS TO HELP…pay $148K → $444KFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$444Kreported comp
Bureau of Governmental Research INC Member · $878K revenue · New Orleans, LATHE BUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO INFORMED PUBLIC POLICY MAKING AND THE…Filed FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Melissa Sawyer

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Melissa Sawyer 1 organization · Charlotte, NCSociety for Management Information Systems
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Melissa Sawyer 1 organization · Charlotte, NCJason S Getaway
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Melissa Sawyer 1 organization · Montgomery, ALAlabama Coalition Against Rape INC
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Melissa Sawyer 1 organization · Boston, MAEducational Foundation of the Massachusetts Society of Certified
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Melissa Sawyer 1 organization · Battle Creek, MIHumane Society of South Central Michigan
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Melissa Sawyer 1 organization · New York, NYFrench American Foundation for the Devel of Relations Btwn Frnc & US

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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President/CEO · FY2021
$264K
R
President/CEO · FY2025
$231K
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VP & Research Director · FY2025
$145K
D
Chief of Staff · FY2024
$131K
J
Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$127K
J
Chief Operations Officer · FY2024
$126K
H
Chief Development Officer · FY2024
$117K
A
President/CEO (jan. 1 - 31) · FY2022
$21K
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Immediate Past President · FY2024
L
Co-President · FY2024
B
Co-President · FY2024
F
Vice President · FY2024

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org