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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by YES IN MY BACK YARD.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,355,788
Total expenses
$2,680,165
Contributions and grants received
$2,325,024
Grants paid
$1,109,492
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$30,764
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,137,259
Total liabilities, end of year
$617,518
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,519,741
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,279,437
Management and general expenses
$232,576
Fundraising expenses
$168,152
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,279,437

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,325,024

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $18,048

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,495 · excluded $30,495

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $14,636

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $14,367

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $269

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $269 · excluded $269

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,109,492 · program services $1,109,492

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $113,895 · program services $72,757 · management and general $18,501 · fundraising $22,637

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $708,669 · program services $472,094 · management and general $115,219 · fundraising $121,356

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,534 · program services $1,356 · management and general $1,205 · fundraising $4,973

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,305 · program services $14,721 · management and general $3,569 · fundraising $4,015

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $433,568 · program services $432,880 · management and general $688

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,768 · program services $40,767 · management and general $9,883 · fundraising $11,118

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $137,960 · program services $83,795 · management and general $54,165

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,314 · management and general $2,314

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,033 · program services $18,882 · management and general $3,365 · fundraising $3,786

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,521 · management and general $10,521

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,985 · program services $12,985

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,216 · program services $17,216

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,564 · management and general $6,564

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP AND LICENSES

    total $6,102 · management and general $6,102

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHAPTER EXPENSES

    total $2,492 · program services $2,492

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $707 · management and general $480 · fundraising $227

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $40 · fundraising $40

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $771,484 · end of year $727,943

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,455,907 · end of year $1,305,688

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $85,703

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,168 · end of year $17,925

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $59,359 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,524 · end of year $80,791

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $399,131 · end of year $536,727

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,574,040 · end of year $1,288,741

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $252,723 · end of year $231,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO END THE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND ACHIEVE AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE HOUSING FOR ALL.

  • YES IN MY BACK YARD AND OUR PROJECT YIMBY LAW REVIEW PUBLIC RECORDS TO IDENTIFY CITIES THAT MAY BE VIOLATING HOUSING LAWS. WE THEN INFORM CITIES OF THE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS, AND, IF NECESSARY, FILE LITIGATION TO ENSURE CITIES FOLLOW THE LAW AND HOUSING IS BUILT. WE TRAIN PEOPLE TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR ABUNDANT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HOST EVENTS, SHARE HOUSING POLICY RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS, AND DEVELOP RESOURCES ADVOCATES CAN DIRECTLY USE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO INFLUENCE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, PLANNING COMMISSIONS, AND THEIR NEIGHBORS TO SUPPORT MORE HOMES. WE OFTEN PARTNER WITH YIMBY ACTION TO CREATE AND DISSEMINATE THESE RESOURCES. ADVOCATES GATHER INSIGHTS FROM THEIR WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SHARE THOSE INSIGHTS WITH LEGISLATORS AND STATE AGENCIES. THIS HELPS INFORM IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING HOUSING LAWS WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING THEM MORE EFFECTIVE AT GETTING MORE HOMES BUILT FASTER, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PLENTY OF AMENITIES SUCH AS HIGH-PAYING JOBS AND HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $2,279,437 · Grants $1,109,492

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sonja Trauss

    PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $113,895
    From this org
    $107,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,410
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Vikrum Aiyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vincent Woo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dan Alban

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernest Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Laura Foote

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,503
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $127,363
    Other
    $6,140
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • YIMBY ACTION

    $1,084,492

    YIMBY ACTION IS A NON-PROFIT POLICY ADVOCATE ORGANIZATION

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542809349300634

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