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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,087,751
Total expenses
$4,256,152
Contributions and grants received
$5,015,218
Grants paid
$469,465
Program service revenue
$54,477
Investment income
$44,571
Other revenue
-$26,515
Total assets, end of year
$5,091,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,471,634
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,619,732
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,531,868
Management and general expenses
$335,447
Fundraising expenses
$388,837
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,531,868

Program services were 83.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $116,355

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $271,485

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,690,044

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,937,334

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $148,456

  • 2a · Program service revenue: YOUTH HOUSING PROGRAM

    total $54,477 · related or exempt $54,477

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,571 · excluded $44,571

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $350,000

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

    securities $350,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,961

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $271,485

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $71,142

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$27,181 · excluded -$27,181

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $666 · excluded $666

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $396,466 · program services $396,466

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $72,999 · program services $72,999

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,923 · program services $158,104 · management and general $15,382 · fundraising $25,437

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,779,159 · program services $1,414,073 · management and general $137,576 · fundraising $227,510

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,460 · program services $24,210 · management and general $2,355 · fundraising $3,895

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $226,006 · program services $179,629 · management and general $17,476 · fundraising $28,901

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $156,884 · program services $124,691 · management and general $12,131 · fundraising $20,062

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,692 · management and general $4,692

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,225 · management and general $21,225

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $289,948 · program services $267,019 · management and general $22,929

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,532 · fundraising $23,532

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,121 · program services $5,223 · management and general $7,375 · fundraising $523

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $82,263 · program services $44,360 · management and general $25,670 · fundraising $12,233

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $332,276 · program services $302,580 · management and general $20,423 · fundraising $9,273

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,942 · program services $10,554 · management and general $245 · fundraising $5,143

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $67,223 · program services $47,624 · management and general $10,758 · fundraising $8,841

  • 20 · Interest

    total $34,132 · program services $14,189 · management and general $19,943

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $115,465 · program services $115,129 · management and general $336

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,001 · program services $29,397 · management and general $3,026 · fundraising $1,578

  • 24a · Other expenses: YOUTH SUPPORT & MENTORING

    total $332,967 · program services $324,927 · management and general $8,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK AND OTHER FEES

    total $28,468 · program services $694 · management and general $5,865 · fundraising $21,909

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $363,234 · end of year $518,204

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $913,167 · end of year $1,291,339

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $492,086 · end of year $678,637

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $13,090 · end of year $14,210

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,400 · end of year $44,562

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,258,876

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $866,356

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,314,766 · end of year $2,392,520

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $199,446 · end of year $151,894

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $167,876 · end of year $193,273

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $91,408

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $12,200 · end of year $13,100

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,315,534 · end of year $1,021,959

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $199,446 · end of year $151,894

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,380,057 · end of year $2,971,183

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $258,076 · end of year $648,549

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE CREATE COMMUNITIES, ROOTED IN BELONGING, FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY TO OWN THEIR FUTURE.

  • AYA (AS YOU ARE) YOUTH COLLECTIVE IS A 501C3 THAT SUPPORTS YOUTH AGES 14-24 EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BY CREATING COMMUNITY AND BELONGING. MORE SPECIFICALLY, AYA FACILITATES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH LOW-BARRIER ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, CRISIS STABILITY, CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, COMMUNITY REFERRALS, FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING, ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE, VITAL DOCUMENT RECOVERY, AND MUCH MORE.

    Expenses $3,531,868 · Grants $469,465 · Revenue $54,477

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lauren Vankeulen

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $198,672
    From this org
    $189,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,315
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,357
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $75,000
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,315
    Filer's total
    $198,672
  • Missy Jackson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Micalah Webster

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Corinne Curtis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Todd Vanharen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shawn Perdue

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcos Esparza

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julius Lema

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kat Burdine

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shannon Cunningham

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeremy Payne

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexander Torres

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dl McKinney

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL STIPEND OF 75,000 TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. THIS STIPEND WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWING A FORMAL COMPENSATION REVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE CEO'S TOTAL COMPENSATION IN PRIOR YEARS (2012 - 2024) HAD BEEN BELOW THE MARKET RATE FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE, SCOPE, AND MISSION. THE BELOW-MARKET COMPENSATION DURING THOSE YEARS WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS AND THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL STEWARDSHIP. THE BOARD DETERMINED THAT THIS ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENT WAS REASONABLE, APPROPRIATE, AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ORGANIZATION TO RECOGNIZE PAST SERVICE AND MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP CONTINUITY. NO SIMILAR ADJUSTMENT IS ANTICIPATED IN FUTURE YEARS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601599349300410

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