Youth Conservation Corps

Analysis

Youth Conservation Corps is a registered charity in United States, based in Waukegan, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Youth Conservation Corps reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.7m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Youth Conservation Corps sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Happy Goat Inc ($1.7m), Ecoagriculture International Inc ($1.7m) and Friends of the Upper Delaware River ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $138k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $771k. At year end it held assets of $700k against liabilities of $217k, net assets of $483k. It reported 21 employees.