Youth Forward

Analysis

Youth Forward is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Forward reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $529k to $1.7m (+219%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Youth Forward sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharing Network Foundation Inc ($1.7m), Memorial Health System Foundation ($1.7m) and ALS Arizona ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $175k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $524k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $107k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 11 employees.