Youth Development Institute

Analysis

Youth Development Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1999, 27 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 June 2023, Youth Development Institute reported income of $10.9m and spending of $11.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $15.6m to $10.9m (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Youth Development Institute sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exceptional Community Services Inc ($10.9m), Cottonwood Community Alternatives Inc ($10.9m) and Community Action Program for Central Arkansas ($10.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $6.7m. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $3.0m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 233 employees.