Totals
- Total revenue
- $66,785
- Total expenses
- $58,577
- Contributions and grants received
- $66,389
- Grants paid
- $51,400
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $0
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $396
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,265
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $33,299
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$21,034
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,113
Program services were 3.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
The Foundation is committed to supporting and empowering vulnerable children and youth by enabling equitable access to Health, Education, and Literacy Programs (HELP). Our operational model focuses on providing grant funding to other nonprofit and civil society organizations that deliver HELP-aligned programs and educational resources.
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Yes I Can Read intervention program: Youth HELP Foundation funded United Way TCI to implement the Yes I Can Read intervention program for Grade 2 students in elementary schools. During 2025, the program expanded. Foundation funding supported enrolled students and included support toward a mobile library to increase access to literacy resources. Total program expense was $50,035, including $49,900 of grants to United Way TCI.
Expenses $135 · Grants $49,900
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Literacy from Birth Program: Youth HELP Foundation funded United Way TCI in support of the Literacy from Birth initiative, which works with collaborating organizations including Learn and Lead Education Center and TCI Hospitals to make books available to parents and encourage reading to children from an early age. The program has provided 700 books to parents who were encouraged and supported in reading to their children from birth in the hospital. Total program expense was $1,560, including a $1,500 grant to United Way TCI.
Expenses $60 · Grants $1,500
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Graphic Art Design Program: The Foundation supported the Youth Center Graphic Art Design program through direct program-related technology costs, including Adobe Design licenses. The program expanded during 2025, with additional students enrolled and benefiting from opportunities intended to enhance cognitive development and creativity. Total program expense was $1,750 (rounded).
Expenses $1,750
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Childhood Development: The Youth HELP Foundation supported the development and hosting of online videos on Youtube about early childhood development.
Expenses $168
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Rufus W Ewing
Director / President / Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Stuart Ewing
Director / Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Dawn Perry-Ewing
Director / Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Garold Hamilton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michelle Braxton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deidre Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 21 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202632369349200123
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