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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by YOUTH MENTORING CONNECTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,403,262
Total expenses
$1,656,465
Contributions and grants received
$2,383,329
Grants paid
$9,299
Program service revenue
$15,625
Investment income
$4,308
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,537,113
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,716,320
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,820,793
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,212,951
Management and general expenses
$342,631
Fundraising expenses
$100,883
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,212,951

Program services were 73.2% 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

    $14,217

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $568,415

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,800,697

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,440

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $15,625 · related or exempt $15,625

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,408 · excluded $4,408

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

    other assets $100

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$100

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$100 · excluded -$100

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,264

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

    $14,217

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,264

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $9,299 · program services $9,299

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $165,876 · program services $140,994 · management and general $8,294 · fundraising $16,588

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $776,835 · program services $597,369 · management and general $139,791 · fundraising $39,675

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $107,636 · program services $82,202 · management and general $15,230 · fundraising $10,204

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,727 · program services $64,804 · management and general $3,748 · fundraising $6,175

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,819 · management and general $55,419 · fundraising $1,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $62,333 · program services $48,705 · management and general $13,628

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,971 · program services $1,972 · management and general $5,917 · fundraising $3,082

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,464 · program services $15,238 · management and general $38,371 · fundraising $7,855

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,829 · program services $7,201 · management and general $4,144 · fundraising $5,484

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,572 · program services $10,513 · management and general $2,783 · fundraising $1,276

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,808 · program services $26,459 · management and general $4,349

  • 20 · Interest

    total $87,220 · program services $38,748 · management and general $43,671 · fundraising $4,801

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,069 · program services $11,783 · management and general $2,398 · fundraising $888

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,412 · program services $25,107 · management and general $1,354 · fundraising $2,951

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $135,687 · program services $132,550 · management and general $3,118 · fundraising $19

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $908 · program services $7 · management and general $416 · fundraising $485

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $376,253 · end of year $167,479

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $376,545 · end of year $397,614

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $820,952 · end of year $1,510,853

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,296 · end of year $3,500

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

    $1,650,213

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

    $210,665

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,108,194 · end of year $1,439,548

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,494 · end of year $18,119

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,802 · end of year $157,718

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,558,111 · end of year $1,541,382

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,825 · end of year $17,220

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $540,338 · end of year $510,828

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $533,658 · end of year $1,309,965

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF YOUTH MENTORING CONNECTION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF AT-RISK YOUTH BY CARING FOR THEIR WOUNDS AND SHINING A LIGHT ON THEIR GIFTS THROUGH AN ONGOING MENTORING COMMUNITY, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES; THUS INSPIRING THEM TO BECOME THRIVING ADULTS. OUR VISION IS OF A COMMUNITY THAT BRINGS VITAL CONNECTION, LOVE, AND HEALING INTO THE LIVES OF AT-RISK YOUTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF YOUTH MENTORING CONNECTION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF AT-RISK YOUTH BY CARING FOR THEIR WOUNDS AND SHINING A LIGHT ON THEIR GIFTS THROUGH AN ONGOING MENTORING COMMUNITY, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES; THUS INSPIRING THEM TO BECOME THRIVING ADULTS. OUR VISION IS OF A COMMUNITY THAT BRINGS VITAL CONNECTION, LOVE, AND HEALING INTO THE LIVES OF AT-RISK YOUTH.OUR VISION IS OF A COMMUNITY WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRULY SEEN AND NOT JUST WATCHED, WHERE SOCIETY UNDERSTANDS AND ACCEPTS ITS RESPONSIBILITY IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE BRING THEIR GIFTS BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

  • FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, 450 VULNERABLE YOUTH WERE PROVIDED WITH CORE MENTORING AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. YOUTH WERE MATCHED WITH CARING ADULT MENTORS WHO EMPOWERED THEM WITH LONG-TERM AND CONSISTENT SUPPORT TO BUILD RESILIENCY THROUGH YMC'S GIFT CENTERED APPROACH. IN ADDITION TO CORE MENTORING, YMC PROVIDED OTHER POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING ECHO, URBAN OASIS FILM ACADEMY, STOKED CITY SURF CAMP, YEAR-ROUND SUNDAY SURF, RITES-OF-PASSAGE ANNUAL RETREAT, AND YOUTH SUPPORT. YMC ALSO HOSTED EVENTS FOCUSING ON POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, OPEN TO FORMER, CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE MENTEES.YMC DEEPENED ITS RECENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING OPTIONS FOR YOUTH, THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, NEW OPEN WORLD ACADEMY AND SEED SCHOOL. OUR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE SYNERGY, SHOUT FACTORY, I HAVE A DREAM LA, HOME BOYS INDUSTRIES, STREET POETS, RHYTHM ARTS ALLIANCE, FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN LA, TWIN TOWN TREATMENT CENTER, AND YOUTH BUILD. YMC'S YOUTH OUTCOMES REMAIN CONSISTENT YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH YOUTH ACHIEVING THE FOLLOWING: 95% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS; 88% OF THOSE ENROLLING IN COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL. IN THE FOUR KEY SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING DOMAINS, 93% IMPROVED COMMUNICATION; 91% HAVE STRONGER DECISION-MAKING SKILLS; 81% INCREASED RESILIENCY; AND 74% HAVE GREATER FEELINGS OF SELF-WORTH. YMC ALSO BEGAN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO OPEN OUR URBAN OASIS YOUTH CENTER (UOYC). STAFF WERE HIRED IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR BUILDING RENOVATIONS' COMPLETION IN LATE 2024, INCLUDING THE UO MANAGER, A RESOURCE COORDINATOR, AND PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR. UPON OPENING, YMC WILL OFFER NEW LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS, A DROP-IN CENTER, AND EXPANDED YOUTH SUPPORT/RESOURCES. THE UOYC WILL ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE YMC PARTNERS CAN PROVIDE YOUTH SERVICES AND CLASSES-INCLUDING OUR LONG-TIME PARTNERS STREET POETS AND RHYTHM ARTS ALLIANCE, TO PROVIDE CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH POETRY AND AFRICAN DRUMMING CIRCLES AND DANCE. THERE WILL BE COMPUTER STATIONS FOR SCHOOLWORK AND JOB SEARCHES; SPACE FOR ON-SITE COUNSELLING, SPACE FOR OUR URBAN OASIS FILM ACADEMY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND MORE.

    Expenses $1,212,951 · Grants $9,299 · Revenue $15,625

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey A Teich

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Erica Jacquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Lore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Shohet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Lore

    DIRECTOR/CEO/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $150,864
    From this org
    $139,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,413
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,451
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,413
    Filer's total
    $150,864

  • Paulette Pantoja

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin L Hiley

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mallary Reznick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Baird

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luis Curet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Zwissler

    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. 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 · 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

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
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521299349304852

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