Year Up INC: FY2022 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 04-3534407)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$166.4M
FY2021	$191.7M
FY2022	$179.3M
FY2023	$186.2M
FY2024	$151.9M
FY2025	$135.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$154.3M
FY2021	$140.5M
FY2022	$162.7M
FY2023	$194.2M
FY2024	$181.0M
FY2025	$170.0M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$109.8M
FY2021	$162.4M
FY2022	$176.5M
FY2023	$171.8M
FY2024	$144.6M
FY2025	$113.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2001.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

81%

13%

Program services 81% · $131.3M Management & general 13% · $21.6M Fundraising 6% · $9.8M

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

36 people listed on the 990; $4.9M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Gerald Chertavian

Director & Founder/CEO

$540,749Pt VII · Sec A

Ellen McClain Haime

President (coo Until 8/15/22)

$366,527Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Murray

National Director of Devel

$309,038Pt VII · Sec A

Casey B Recupero

Managing Director, Direct

$299,591Pt VII · Sec A

Morris Applewhite

National Director of Corp

$288,462Pt VII · Sec A

Elyse Rosenblum

Managing Director, Grads O

$277,308Pt VII · Sec A

Meredith Jaremchuk

Chief Program Officer

$260,135Pt VII · Sec A

Suzanne Berger

Campaign Director

$253,077Pt VII · Sec A

Ellen McClain Haime’s $687K as CEO & President (until 11/25) is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $100M+ education 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Ellen McClain Haime	$686,519	$550,000	$450,122	$366,527	$301,059	—
Gerald Chertavian	$357,436	$627,532	$602,829	$540,749	$534,835	$422,018
Susan Murray	$443,462	$364,385	$328,185	$309,038	$273,191	$213,846
Eric Westphal	$389,423	$61,827	—	—	—	—
Chrystal Stokes Williams	$361,923	$308,846	$278,954	$244,423	$142,288	—
Gary Flowers	$361,923	$309,039	$281,069	$244,423	$159,788	—
Elyse Rosenblum	—	$354,916	$297,054	$277,308	$256,519	$215,672
Elisha Pilar Benton Gilliam	$322,231	$285,962	$256,856	$238,292	—	—

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides young adults with the skills, experience, and support needed to launch professional careers and pursue higher education.

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1 program service account for $131.3M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.

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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 · FY2025

Trefler FoundationFY2025$100K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100K

Grants paid · 11 grants · $136.6M · 2020–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$26,152,097

Unitemized GrantFY2025$301,670

Unitemized GrantFY2024$28,594,871

Unitemized GrantFY2024$245,357

Unitemized GrantFY2023$28,087,584

Unitemized GrantFY2023$269,175

Unitemized GrantFY2022$15,568,859

Unitemized GrantFY2022$366,687

Unitemized GrantFY2021$14,759,413

Unitemized GrantFY2021$204,634

Unitemized GrantFY2020$22,076,174

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$179.3M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$96.8M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$81.6M

Other incomeLn 4–11$848K

Money outPt IX

$162.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$131.3M

Managementcol C$21.6M

Fundraisingcol D$9.8M

Owns and owesPt X

$176.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$46.8M

Total assetsLn 16$226.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$50.0M

PeoplePt VI, VII

36

listed · VII A

PaidVII A18

Voting boardVI 1a19

IndependentVI 1b18

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$96.8M

Government grantsLn 1e$513K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$4.8M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$813K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$81.6M

Investment incomeLn 3$56K

Other incomeLn 4–11$848K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$963K

Total revenueLn 12$179.3M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$44.2M

SavingsLn 2$2.5M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$46.8M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$41.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.6M

Other assetsLn 15$26.7M

Total assetsLn 16$226.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$50.0M

Net assetsLn 32$176.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 51,106

VolunteersI 61,287

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY22	End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$58.0M	$46.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$36.6M	$41.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$16.2M	$14.6M
Total assetsLn 16	$187.2M	$226.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$24.8M	$50.0M
Net assetsLn 32	$162.4M	$176.5M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$23.3M	$23.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$4.2M	$1.5M	$2.3M	$351K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$76.2M	$61.3M	$8.9M	$6.0M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$3.0M	$2.4M	$350K	$240K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$14.4M	$12.1M	$1.4M	$929K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$5.6M	$4.4M	$765K	$444K
Management feesLn 11a	$2.5M	$2.5M
Legal feesLn 11b	$183K	$78K	$105K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$242K		$242K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$283K			$283K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$147K		$147K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2.1M	$61K	$1.8M	$160K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3.3M	$3.2M	$32K	$61K
Office expensesLn 13	$2.9M	$1.2M	$1.2M	$516K
Information technologyLn 14	$9.0M	$7.6M	$983K	$378K
OccupancyLn 16	$7.2M	$5.4M	$1.9M	$7K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18	$2.6M	$1.9M	$564K	$177K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$4.8M	$3.9M	$787K	$177K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$674K	$505K	$169K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$162.7M	$131.3M	$21.6M	$9.8M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$135.7M	$170.0M	−$34.2M	$113.6M	990 PDF
FY2024	$151.9M	$181.0M	−$29.1M	$144.6M	990 PDF
FY2023	$186.2M	$194.2M	−$8.1M	$171.8M	990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing	$179.3M	$162.7M	$16.6M	$176.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$191.7M	$140.5M	$51.2M	$162.4M	990 PDF
FY2020	$166.4M	$154.3M	$12.1M	$109.8M	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

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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $179,315,305 across 11 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$813,309

VIII-1e Government grants$513,316

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$95,453,265

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$4,837,599

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$96,779,890

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $81,631,764$81,631,764

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,019,120$1,019,120

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$963,307−$963,307

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$142,023−$142,023

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $989,861$989,861

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $81,658,318 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $877,097$179,315,305

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $162,709,291 across 19 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $23,325,850$23,325,850

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,543,029 · Management $2,293,284 · Fundraising $350,871$4,187,184

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $61,345,452 · Management $8,859,065 · Fundraising $6,041,543$76,246,060

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,434,178 · Management $349,790 · Fundraising $240,216$3,024,184

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,071,480 · Management $1,404,306 · Fundraising $929,256$14,405,042

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,385,261 · Management $764,545 · Fundraising $444,211$5,594,017

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,467,097$2,467,097

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $78,000 · Management $105,209$183,209

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $241,567$241,567

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $282,617$282,617

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $147,403$147,403

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $61,146 · Management $1,835,425 · Fundraising $160,219$2,056,790

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,182,884 · Management $32,000 · Fundraising $61,483$3,276,367

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,170,803 · Management $1,246,823 · Fundraising $516,039$2,933,665

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,629,483 · Management $983,411 · Fundraising $377,851$8,990,745

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,375,175 · Management $1,864,388 · Fundraising $6,731$7,246,294

IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $1,865,552 · Management $564,096 · Fundraising $177,044$2,606,692

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,855,951 · Management $787,493 · Fundraising $176,885$4,820,329

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $505,181 · Management $168,998$674,179

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $131,296,522 · Management $21,647,803 · Fundraising $9,764,966$162,709,291

Part X · Balance sheet $226,416,191 assets, 17 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $51,556,974$44,224,077

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,453,220$2,549,650

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $62,659,260$72,761,041

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,820,793$20,745,954

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,634,317$3,759,907

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,246,952$14,621,860

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $36,570,542$41,088,619

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,254,498$26,665,083

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $187,196,556$226,416,191

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,419,300$14,826,529

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,075,184$3,238,830

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,288,302$31,888,737

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $24,782,786$49,954,096

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $79,179,643$85,403,578

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $83,234,127$91,058,517

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $162,413,770$176,462,095

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $187,196,556$226,416,191

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $176,462,095 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$179,315,305

XI-2 Total expenses$162,709,291

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$16,606,014

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$162,413,770

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$3,804,084

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,246,395

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$176,462,095

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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