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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by YOUTH LEARNING AS CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$248,216
Total expenses
$263,867
Contributions and grants received
$248,141
Grants paid
$168,369
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$75
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$54,550
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$54,550
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$168,369
Management and general expenses
$95,498
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$168,369

Program services were 63.8% 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

    $248,141

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $75 · excluded $75

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $168,369 · program services $168,369

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,995 · management and general $1,995

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $78,776 · management and general $78,776

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,310 · management and general $1,310

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,012 · management and general $2,012

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,742 · management and general $10,742

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANKING, CC AND PAYPAL

    total $663 · management and general $663

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $70,201 · end of year $54,550

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,201 · end of year $54,550

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

YOUTH LEARNING AS CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS'S MISSION IS TO ENABLE AND PROMOTE THE INCLUSION OF STUDENT RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

YOUTH LEARNING AS CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS ASSISTS AND REWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INQUIRY-BASED, EXPERIENTIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION WHERE STUDENTS DO SCIENCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH RECOGNITION AND FINANCIAL REWARD PROGRAMS, AND TO ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND APPLICABLE LAW OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

  • IMPLEMENTATION GRANTSENABLE STUDENTS TO TAKE ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATIONS AND CONDUCT STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS. GRANTS FOR PURCHASES OF STUDENT RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND PROVISION OF LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO ENABLE STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS.

    Expenses $98,864 · Grants $98,864

  • PROGRAM GRANTSEXPAND THE GLOBE PROGRAM THROUGH US DIPLOMATIC POSTS IN PARTNER COUNTRIES. GLOBE PLUS POST GRANTS FOR PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT FOR TAKING GLOBE MEASUREMENTS PROVIDED TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS THROUGH US DIPLOMATIC POSTS.

    Expenses $12,655 · Grants $12,655

  • STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)SUSTAINED PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF GLOBE REGIONAL STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA. THE STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA ALLOW STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN AUTHENTIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCES WHILE DEMYSTIFYING THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. IN 2024 SRS FUNDED NINE GATHERINGS OF STUDENTS TO PRESENT THEIR STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS TO ONE ANOTHER AND MEET STEM PROFESSIONALS AND RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM THEM.

    Expenses $46,850 · Grants $46,850

  • YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MEDALTHE YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (YES) MEDAL IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY IN RECOGNITION OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO YOUTH LEARNING AS CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS. THE MEDAL IS PRESENTED TO THE RECIPIENT AT AN APPROPRIATE SCIENCE, EDUCATION, OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A $10,000 GRANT TO AN ORGANIZATION OF THE RECIPIENT'S CHOOSING TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF YLACES.

    Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dixon M Butler

    PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

  • Ann Elise Davison

    TREASURER AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jen Anderson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elena Takaki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Padgett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • STEMMING THE TIDE

    $19,462

    GRANT ASSISTANCE TO BE USED TO FACILITATE A STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (SRS) FOR APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS (GRADES 6-8). AT THIS SYMPOSIUM, STUDENTS FROM MOBILE COUNTY TRAINING MIDDLE SCHOOL (MCTS) AND OTHER PARTNERING LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL PRESENT THEIR GLOBE INFORMED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPATING STEMM PROFESSIONALS.

  • THE PACIFIC GROVE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

    $12,000

    THE PACIFIC GROVE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HOSTS ITS ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM . THIS FULLY BILINGUAL EVENT INVOLVES STUDENT-SCIENTISTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY. STUDENT SCIENTISTS PRESENT PROJECTS DEVELOPED FROM THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MUSEUM COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROGRAMS WATERSHED GUARDIANS AND LIMPETS (LONG-TERM MONITORING AND EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS). PROJECTS IS PRESENTED AT THE MUSEUM AT A SCIENCE. GRANT ASSISTANCE IS TO FUND THE ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE STUDENT-SCIENTIST PARTICIPANTS, THEIR FAMILIES, SCIENTIST REVIEWERS, AND THE COMMUNITY.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349324736

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