Young People for Progress INC

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Silver Spring, MD501(c)(3)Youth DevelopmentEIN 84-4633531

Youth education and civic engagement. Civic engagement includes training and conversations on how local and state government works, and the importance of youth civic engagement. Community organizing is a part of civic engagement as well and includes 'know your rights' trainings, as well as issue teach-ins, rallies, and other events. We focus heavily on leadership and skills training.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 7 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
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $47K a year · 20% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 30% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 72% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 30% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $200K
Looks good: 3 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
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$261K
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$266K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$325K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$261K
FY2024▲ +26%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$99K
FY2021$173K
FY2022$240K
FY2023$208K
FY2024$261K
Expenses
$266K
FY2024▲ +30%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$96K
FY2023$205K
FY2024$266K
Net assets
$325K
FY2024▼ -1%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$92K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$327K
FY2023$330K
FY2024$325K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $241K Management & general 7% · $20K Fundraising 2% · $5K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$80,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Danielle Blocker’s $80K as Executive Director is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1993 $100K–1M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Danielle Blocker$80,000$80,000$61,909$60,371$5,970
Juan Santana—$55,000$4,442——
Amyra Hasan—$22,031$1,200——
Omodemola Williams—$300$5,920——
Alix Swan——$3,021——
Nadia Salazar-Sandi———$3,000—
Jazmine Donerson———$2,500—
Estela Villafane———$2,000—

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

Empowers youth through education and training on government, rights, and community organizing.

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2 program services account for $241K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

In political and civic education, we engaged over 500 members of the Montgomery County community and over 100 youth in weekly political and civic education events, seminars, and planning meetings. Our salaried staff, board members, and membership spend about equal time on this program as our training described in program 2.

$121Kprogram expense
02

Our leadership and skills training around 'telling your story,' one-on-one conversations, preparing for and facilitating metings, and understanding power have been conducted and led by youth over 100 times in Montgomery County, MD.

$121Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$200K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$261K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$261K
Money outPt IX
$266K
Ln 25
Programscol B$241K
Managementcol C$20K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$325K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$325K
Total assetsLn 16$325K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$261K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$261K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$325K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$325K
Total assetsLn 16$325K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$325K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$330K$325K
Total assetsLn 16$330K$325K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$330K$325K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$80K$60K$16K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$136K$136K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$17K$1K$367
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$15K$1K$307
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
Advertising and promotionLn 12$545$420$125
Office expensesLn 13$353$353
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$177$50
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$6K$5K$395$113
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$4K$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$2K$2K$150$37
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$462$250$212$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$266K$241K$20K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $261K$266K−$5K$325K 990 PDF
FY2023 $208K$205K$3K$330K 990 PDF
FY2022 $240K$96K$143K$327K 990 PDF
FY2021 $173K$184K 990 PDF
FY2020 $99K$92K 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 $261,284 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$1,946
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$259,338
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$261,284
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
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-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated 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 $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$261,284
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $265,872 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,000 · Management $16,000 · Fundraising $4,000$80,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $135,638 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$135,638
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,699 · Management $1,285 · Fundraising $367$18,351
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,801 · Management $1,229 · Fundraising $307$16,337
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-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $420 · Management $125$545
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $353$353
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,303 · Management $177 · Fundraising $50$2,530
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,136 · Management $395 · Fundraising $113$5,644
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,143 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,143
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 $1,682 · Management $150 · Fundraising $37$1,869
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $250 · Management $212 · Fundraising $0$462
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $241,072 · Management $19,926 · Fundraising $4,874$265,872
Part X · Balance sheet $325,445 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $330,033$325,445
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $330,033$325,445
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $330,033$325,445
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $330,033$325,445
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $330,033$325,445
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $325,445 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$261,284
XI-2 Total expenses$265,872
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,588
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$330,033
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$325,445

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