Youth Quest Inc

Analysis

Youth Quest Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Youth Quest Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $652k to $1.2m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Youth Quest Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Global Health Fund Inc ($1.2m), Reta Inc ($1.2m) and Dollar for ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $157k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $552k. At year end it held assets of $678k against liabilities of $128k, net assets of $551k. It reported 8 employees.