Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2001.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
17 people listed on the 990; $114K paid to officers and key staff.
Yvette Brooks’s $83K as Executive Director is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1216 $100K–1M employment 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvette Brooks | $83,499 | $103,184 | $79,100 | $64,167 |
| Deborah Lindsay | $30,856 | — | — | — |
| Kim Espinosa | — | — | — | $7,748 |
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.
See Your Future Is Our Business executive salaries →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
Connects students with businesses to explore career paths and build future success.
Questions for Your Future Is Our Business
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over the past 5 years YFIOB has connected over 5000 highschool students and representatives through career panels, job shadowing, site visits, and career mentors. Additionally, YFIOB has coordinated educator in industry site visits over the past four years, with more than 300 high school and community college instructors participating
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $235K | $178K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $235K | $178K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $6K | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $229K | $178K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $17K | $17K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $114K | $86K | $23K | $6K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $43K | $33K | $9K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $13K | $10K | $3K | $659 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $699 | $349 | $350 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $12K | $6K | $6K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $3K | $3K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $1K | $873 | $594 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $4K | $4K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $4K | $3K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $281K | $212K | $55K | $14K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $502K | $373K | $106K | $23K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 8, 2026 | $451K | $502K | −$51K | $178K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 13, 2024 | $558K | $531K | $26K | $229K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $567K | $447K | $120K | $201K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Dec 21, 2022 | $258K | $260K | −$2K | $79K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $450,928 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $450,928 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $501,779 across 12 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $178,055 assets, 5 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $178,055 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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