Youth Empowerment Shelter

Analysis

Youth Empowerment Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in The Dalles, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 Empowerment Shelter reported income of $830k and spending of $543k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $254k to $830k (+226%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Youth Empowerment Shelter sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond-Perrine Optimist Club Inc of Miami Florida ($829k), Gen-One Inc ($830k) and Envisionleadgrow Inc ($829k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $389k. At year end it held assets of $351k against liabilities of -$7,548, net assets of $359k. It reported 16 employees.