Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2002.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
80 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
13 people listed on the 990; $76K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Melynn Schuyler’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melynn Schuyler | $120,000 | $120,000 | $99,332 | $99,332 | $75,718 | $72,206 |
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 Youthworks 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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides job skills, corrections services, and culinary arts training for disadvantaged youth.
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Delivers hands-on paid training, teambuilding and social skills and professional culinary and hospitality career path skills, industry credentials and college credits to youth and young adults ages 16-24 through commercial-kitchen production of daily meals and vending of meals to after school programs, homeless shelters, preschools, and…
Santa Fe Youthbuild
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Environmental Restoration Corps Program
Delivers paid hands-on training, practical environmentand habitat knowledge and skils, teamwork, leadership and social skills, and professional career path skills attainment to youth and young adults ages 16-24 through engagement in local and regional environmental restoration, river and watershed habitat restoration, wildland fire…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported 2 findings.
The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $143K | $22K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $490K | $470K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $816K | $672K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $592K | $376K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $225K | $296K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $151K | $151K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.1M | $874K | $227K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $12K | $9K | $2K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $79K | $50K | $30K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $52K | $52K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $134K | $113K | $21K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $3K | $874 | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $14K | $11K | $3K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $12K | $989 | $11K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $71K | $41K | $31K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $382 | $292 | $90 | |
| InterestLn 20 | $15K | $1K | $14K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $19K | $19K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $52K | $18K | $34K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $597K | $583K | $14K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $11K | $11K | $582 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $460K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 | $2.7M | $2.1M | $681K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $247K | $382K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | −$100K | $252K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 16, 2023 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $392K | $688K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 28, 2022 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $71K | $296K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 26, 2021 | $2.0M | $2.1M | −$45K | $225K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $2,396,465 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,396,465 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,325,138 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $671,806 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $296,111 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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