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Our Mission is to help gang-affected youth open their hearts, minds and souls through self-empowerment and healing, thriving with self-respect and confidence, and returning to loving themselves, family and community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 5 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
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$53K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$5K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% 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
$441K
+500% vs prior year
Spent
$253K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$191K
By yearFY2023–FY2024
Revenue
$441K
FY2024▲ +500%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$73K
FY2024$441K
Net assets
$191K
FY2024▲ ×69
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$3K
FY2024$191K

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 Aug 2022.

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

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $159K Management & general 37% · $94K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $53K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$52,862Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Genaro Sanchez’s $53K as Executive Director is at the 42nd 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Genaro Sanchez$52,862$48,950

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowering at-risk youth to heal, build confidence, and reconnect with themselves and their communities.

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3 programs · $159K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Youth Community Center (funded from NS ACH) The Youth Community Center, established with critical support from North Sound ACH, provides a safe, welcoming space for youth to access mentorship, life skills development, academic support, and recreational activities.

$92Kprogram expense
02

School Mentoring Program (funded from DCYF) School Mentoring Program The School Mentoring Program supports at-risk students by providing academic mentoring, behavioral support, and after-school enrichment. In 2024, the program served 36 students, fostering improvements in academic achievement, attendance, and personal development.

$48Kprogram expense
03

School Intervention Program (funded from CHA) O.U.R. Journey provides intervention services for highly at-risk youth, focusing on school engagement, mentorship, and community reentry support. The program serves youth involved with the juvenile justice system, at risk of gang affiliation, and struggling with school engagement.

$19Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$441K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$439K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$841
Investment incomeLn 3$822
Money outPt IX
$253K
Ln 25
Programscol B$159K
Managementcol C$94K
Owns and owesPt X
$191K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$171K
Total assetsLn 16$195K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
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$841
Government grantsLn 1e$650
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$439K
Investment incomeLn 3$822
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$441K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$170K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$171K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$195K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$191K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$3K$171K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$24K
Total assetsLn 16$3K$195K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$5K
Net assetsLn 32$3K$191K
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$28K$0$28K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$40K$40K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$4K$3K$0
Management feesLn 11a$46K$12K$35K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$0$5K$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$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$852$0$852$0
Office expensesLn 13$8K$0$8K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$66K$64K$2K$0
TravelLn 17$10K$7K$3K$0
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$2K$0$2K$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$0$7K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$29K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$253K$159K$94K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 9, 2025 $441K$253K$188K$191K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 14, 2024 $73K$3K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $441,060 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $67,228$841
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $6,215$439,397
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $46$822
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $73,489$441,060
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$73,699
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $96,451$179,214
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $96,451$252,913
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$22,962$188,147
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $441,060 across 15 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$650
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$191
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$841
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $439,397 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$439,397
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $822 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$822
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 $440,219 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$441,060
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $252,913 across 30 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 $0 · Management $27,590 · Fundraising $0$27,590
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $39,585 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$39,585
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 $3,928 · Management $2,596 · Fundraising $0$6,524
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $11,545 · Management $34,503 · Fundraising $0$46,048
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $5,442 · Fundraising $0$5,442
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 $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $852 · Fundraising $0$852
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $8,145 · Fundraising $0$8,145
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $63,933 · Management $2,370 · Fundraising $0$66,303
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,818 · Management $3,079 · Fundraising $0$9,897
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,763 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,763
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 $2,194 · Fundraising $0$2,194
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $7,243 · Fundraising $0$7,243
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,327 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,327
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $158,899 · Management $94,014 · Fundraising $0$252,913
Part X · Balance sheet $195,481 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $425$1,096
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,401$170,262
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart 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$24,123
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 $2,826$195,481
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$654
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$3,854
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$4,508
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,826$190,973
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,826$195,481
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $190,973 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$441,060
XI-2 Total expenses$252,913
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$188,147
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,826
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$190,973

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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