Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundation

Analysis

Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 August 2023, Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundation reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.4m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundation 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 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc ($1.4m), Barry County United Way ($1.4m) and The Laredo Area Community Foundation ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $801k. At year end it held assets of $889k against liabilities of $151k, net assets of $737k. It reported 8 employees.