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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE TEEN PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,834,374
Total expenses
$10,934,397
Contributions and grants received
$11,909,753
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$487,621
Investment income
$348
Other revenue
-$563,348
Total assets, end of year
$18,124,142
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,603,989
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,520,153
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,652,256
Management and general expenses
$228,876
Fundraising expenses
$53,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,652,256

Program services were 97.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,188,840

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,386,483

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,334,430

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $118,106

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fees for services

    total $459,878 · related or exempt $459,878

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program reveue

    total $27,743 · related or exempt $27,743

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $348 · excluded $348

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $251,500

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

    $2,188,840

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $732,724

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$481,224

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Loss on property and equipment

    total -$148,106 · related or exempt -$148,106

  • 11b · Other revenue: Other income

    total $65,982 · related or exempt $65,982

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$82,124

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $255,051 · program services $111,853 · management and general $49,343 · fundraising $93,855

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,675,382 · program services $5,629,612 · management and general $95,167 · fundraising -$49,397

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $117,726 · program services $115,447 · management and general $3,351 · fundraising -$1,072

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $253,512 · program services $250,726 · management and general $4,488 · fundraising -$1,702

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $438,937 · program services $425,546 · management and general $10,506 · fundraising $2,885

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $65,690 · program services $65,690

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,130 · program services $36,966 · management and general $913 · fundraising $251

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $44,000 · fundraising $44,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,363 · program services $59,261 · management and general $75 · fundraising $27

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $357,065 · program services $357,065

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,417 · program services $13,080 · management and general $606 · fundraising $731

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $71,504 · program services $71,413 · management and general $91

  • 20 · Interest

    total $354,864 · program services $344,038 · management and general $10,826

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $351,044 · program services $337,002 · management and general $11,936 · fundraising $2,106

  • 24a · Other expenses: Depreciation

    total $477,982 · program services $460,982 · management and general $17,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: Computer Expenses

    total $379,833 · program services $375,948 · management and general $2,044 · fundraising $1,841

  • 24c · Other expenses: Supplies, food service

    total $360,547 · program services $359,633 · management and general $914

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $300,307 · program services $287,625 · management and general $12,682

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,319,043 · program services $1,350,369 · management and general $8,934 · fundraising -$40,260

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $818,914 · end of year $1,080,972

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,921,112 · end of year $1,604,193

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,712,593 · end of year $1,094,864

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $347,710 · end of year $777,540

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

    $15,376,485

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

    $2,613,582

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,718,436 · end of year $12,762,903

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,603 · end of year $117,579

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,295,171 · end of year $686,091

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $499,812 · end of year $1,451,048

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $204,817 · end of year $499,034

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,656,806 · end of year $8,109,240

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $544,667 · end of year $544,667

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,548,469 · end of year $7,158,185

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $361,968 · end of year $361,968

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Teen Project, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is privately funded non-profit California corporation. It provides housing, education, sober living and mentoring to youth ages 18 to 24 (transitional age youth). See Schedule O for further details.

  • Freehab reduced Beds from 74 to 24 this fiscal year. Freehab specializes in providing residential substance abuse treatment to the at risk population. Freehab focuses on females 18-35 that are at risk, aging out of foster care and victims of human trafficking. Freehab also has an additional 16 beds for Crisis Residential Treatment. The focus at the CRTP is treating acute mental health.

    Expenses $6,033,381

  • Veras Sanctuary is the only licensed residential drug treatment site in Orange County dedicated to victims of human trafficking. Vera's Sanctuary's residential treatment drug treatment ASAM levels 3.1, 3.3 and 3.5 and social model detox services to prior foster youth and pregnant young women lacking family support who has been victims of human trafficking and are 18-26 years old. VSW also administers the Sanctuary Recovery Center which is a 6 bed Residential SUD treatment program. The SRC serves adolescents ages 13-17.

    Expenses $4,388,951

  • Lake Forest Sober College House - free room and board and full life support for homeless and prior foster young women interested in pursuing in higher education. This is a two year program in a beautiful home in a family neighborhood. The young women in our program are in college or trade schools, they have paid internships in their field, an automobile attainment program and savings for life program. In addition, there is an Outpatient component to the services provided in the area.

    Expenses $229,924

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lauri L Burns

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $264,156
    From this org
    $250,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,141
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,015
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,501
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,640
    Filer's total
    $264,156
  • Bert Paras

    COO

    Total calculated
    $221,133
    From this org
    $210,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,853
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,280
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,921
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,932
    Filer's total
    $221,133
  • Anasheh Safarian

    Dir. of Operations

    Total calculated
    $186,754
    From this org
    $178,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,093
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,661
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,467
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,626
    Filer's total
    $186,754
  • Jewelana Kayanan

    Senior Program Dir

    Total calculated
    $141,224
    From this org
    $132,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,594
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffery K Rubenstein

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darren P Calbay

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rochelle Price

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicholas Kochek

    Director

    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 · Written employment contract

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

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349316327

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