Youth Passageways

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Kansas City, MO501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 47-4750095

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The aim of Youth Passageways (ypw) is to increase access to healthy, meaningful initiatory experiences for young people. Initiatory experiences, often called "rites of passage," have been an essential part of human development throughout human history, promoting mental health, a strong sense of individual identity, and a clear social role? While also strengthening community health and resiliency. Yet many, if not most, communities today lack meaningful rites of passage, leaving a vacuum filled by unhealthy risk taking by Youth, disengagement of young people from the adults and elders in their communities, and self-interest run rampant. For many years, individuals, organizations, and communities throughout the united states have been seeking to address this gap in how we raise our young people through providing rite of passage opportunities in all sorts of different contexts, from small scale community initiatives to larger projects in public schools. However, there remains limited publ

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 13 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $161K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$237K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 58% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
17
named funders · $1.8M
Looks good: 17 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 4 voting members
Concern: none of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
-49% vs prior year
Spent
$3.2M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2024▼ -49%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$446K
FY2021$754K
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$3.1M
Expenses
$3.2M
FY2024▼ -45%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$437K
FY2021$606K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$3.2M
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2024▼ -10%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6K
FY2021$415K
FY2022$897K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 2015.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $2.7M Management & general 13% · $427K Fundraising 4% · $141K

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

2 people listed on the 990; $237K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director - Ever Forward Club
$124,999Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
$111,977Pt VII · Sec A

Ashanti Branch’s $125K as Director - Ever Forward Club is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dane Zahorsky$111,977$128,728———
Ashanti Branch$124,999$119,808———
Ashanti Branch——$108,846$101,190—
Dane Zahorsky——$70,811$34,060$22,815
Darcy Ottey——$49,443$54,939$42,495
Vanezza Silvia-Cortez——$30,183——
Siri Gunnarson——$14,957$1,576—
Katheryne Lewis——$5,340$8,158—

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

Provides young people with healthy, meaningful experiences to guide their development and strengthen communities.

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3 program services account for $2.7M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

The primary activity of Restoring Lifeways is fiscal sponsorship Restoring Lifeways RL serves as an interface with governmental and philanthropic entities for an individual or projects work accepting and administering funds in collaboration with them.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Restoring Lifeways will also sponsor conferences retreats and gatherings approximately 12 per year initially throughout the United States on topics related to cultural regeneration its efficacy and importance as part of comprehensive youth and community development efforts.

$167Kprogram expense
03

Through education and partnership we are weaving a more resourced and interconnected network of relations between our fiscal sponsees grantees and collaborators. We serve as a hub for resources information and wisdom-flow between different parts of our network.

$116Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 123 grants · $9.9M · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$821,138
Ahimsa CollectiveCA · FY2024$150,000
Center for JusticeNY · FY2024$75,000
Social Good Fund INCCA · FY2024$60,000
The New ShulNY · FY2024$50,000
Restorative ProjectCA · FY2024$50,000
Dine Peacemaking ProjectNM · FY2024$30,000
Npt Charitable Asset TrustPA · FY2024$25,035
Good Work Institute INCNY · FY2024$25,000
Pawnee Yellow Horse Chapter NativeFY2024$15,000
All Nations Gathering CenterSD · FY2024$10,016
La Raza Services INCCO · FY2024$10,000
Beauty Walker INCNJ · FY2024$9,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,146,781
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,146,781
Ahimsa CollectiveCA · FY2023$620,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$281K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$3.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.7M
Managementcol C$427K
Fundraisingcol D$141K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
2
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$281K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 610
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$593K$593K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$821K$821K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$446K$288K$126K$32K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$689K$425K$175K$89K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$26K$15K$1K$10K
Office expensesLn 13$49K$25K$24K$0
Information technologyLn 14$10K$5K$2K$2K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$29K$29K$0$0
TravelLn 17$213K$150K$55K$8K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$19K$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$5K$4K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$340K$300K$40K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.2M$2.7M$427K$141K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3.1M$3.2M−$117K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.2M$5.9M$281K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.0M$482K$897K 990 PDF
FY2021 $754K$606K$149K$415K 990 PDF
FY2020 $446K$437K$9K$6K 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 FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,127,161 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,845,350
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,845,350
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $280,544 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$280,544
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,267 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,267
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $281,811 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,127,161
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,244,024 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $592,986$592,986
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $821,138$821,138
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $288,131 · Management $126,245 · Fundraising $31,562$445,938
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $425,000 · Management $175,000 · Fundraising $88,718$688,718
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,000 · Management $1,097 · Fundraising $10,000$26,097
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,000 · Management $23,930 · Fundraising $0$48,930
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,000 · Management $2,500 · Fundraising $2,216$9,716
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $28,633 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$28,633
IX-17 TravelPrograms $150,000 · Management $55,000 · Fundraising $8,083$213,083
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $19,353 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$19,353
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,844 · Management $4,000 · Fundraising $0$8,844
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $300,000 · Management $39,512 · Fundraising $0$339,512
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,076 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,076
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,676,161 · Management $427,284 · Fundraising $140,579$3,244,024
Part X · Balance sheet $1,061,756 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,178,619$1,061,756
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,178,619$1,061,756
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,178,619$1,061,756
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,178,619$1,061,756
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,178,619$1,061,756
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,061,756 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,127,161
XI-2 Total expenses$3,244,024
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$116,863
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,178,619
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,061,756

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