Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CALIFORNIA YOUTH DEFENDER CENTER INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $649,007
- Total expenses
- $460,807
- Contributions and grants received
- $627,067
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $17,235
- Investment income
- $46
- Other revenue
- $4,659
- Total assets, end of year
- $575,521
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $17,663
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $557,858
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $382,629
- Management and general expenses
- $68,085
- Fundraising expenses
- $10,093
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $382,629
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.
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1b · Membership dues
$51,639
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$575,428
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2a · Program service revenue: Training Registration
total $17,235 · related or exempt $17,235
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3 · Investment income
total $46 · excluded $46
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11a · Other revenue: Vendor Payments
total $4,659 · excluded $4,659
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,659
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $313,321 · program services $313,321
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,264 · program services $7,264
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $25,330 · program services $25,330
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,717 · management and general $9,717
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $44,681 · management and general $38,481 · fundraising $6,200
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $15,847 · program services $4,764 · management and general $11,083
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14 · Information technology
total $8,804 · management and general $8,804
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $12,644 · program services $12,644
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $6,290 · program services $6,290
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $3,937 · program services $3,937
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24a · Other expenses: Annual Roundtable Expenses
total $9,079 · program services $9,079
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24b · Other expenses: Fundraising Supplies
total $3,893 · fundraising $3,893
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $374,710 · end of year $575,521
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,052 · end of year $17,663
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $34,641 · end of year $22,267
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $335,017 · end of year $535,591
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Defend youth rights by building and training a statewide defense coalition that challenges injustices, drives policy change, and champions community.
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The organization advances fair and equitable youth justice through four key initiatives. Defender Capacity Building equips youth defenders with expert led training, practical toolkits, and collaborative networks to strengthen advocacy and reduce system impact on youth. Strategic Litigation and Amicus improves outcomes for young people by advancing legal protections through targeted litigation at the trial, appellate, and supreme court levels. Youth Justice Policy and Reform promotes alternatives to incarceration by driving legislative and administrative policy changes that reduce harm. Anti Racism and Equity in Youth Defense works to address racial disparities in youth justice through focused training, convenings, and equity centered initiatives.
Expenses $382,629 · Revenue $17,235
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Brooke Harris
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $153,100
- From this org
- $153,100
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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Sara McDermott
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Meredith Desautels
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ron Rayes
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Laurel Arroyo
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard Braucher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth Calvin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan Grossman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Frankie Guzman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Karin Huber-Levy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Corene Kendrick
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lana Kreidie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan Laba
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Erin Morgan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maureen Pacheco
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ji Seon Song
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Damian Spieckerman
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 19 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513539349301201
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