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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHERN YOUTH PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$144,098
Total expenses
$116,899
Contributions and grants received
$144,098
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$63,228
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$63,228
Program service expenses (Part III)
$84,752

Program services were 72.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

NORTHERN YOUTH PROJECT (NYP) WAS FOUNDED BY TEENS IN 2009 AS A PLATFORM TO DEVELOP SKILLS THAT FOSTER HEALTH, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW TODAY.THE INITIATIVE WORKS TO SUPPORT THE OUTCOMES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL NORTHERN NEW MEXICO YOUTH THROUGH HANDS-ON ART, AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP PROJECTS THAT HONOR THE PAST AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE.NORTHERN YOUTH PROJECT SERVES YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 12 TO 21, PROVIDING FREE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES YEAR ROUND. THE PROJECT WORKS TO EMPOWER TEENS IN PUTTING IDEAS INTO ACTION: INITIATING PROJECTS THEY WANT TO DO, FOCUSING ON THEIR INTERESTS, AND ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES DRIVEN BY THEIR PASSIONS.

  • OUR GARDEN HAS GROWN! IN 2021 WE WORKED TO EXTEND OUR ACEQUIA TO FEED OUR LOWER FIELDS AND PREPARE FOR GROWING CORN. MANY DAYS AND MANY HANDS HELPED TILL THE AREA, PLANT SEEDS AND CARETAKE THE NEW AREA. OUR TREE GUILD SURVIVED LAST WINTER AND PRODUCED SOME FRUIT THIS SUMMER! WE COLLABORATED WITH THE MOTHER NATURE CENTER, ALAS DE AGUA ART COLLECTIVE, AND NNMC EL RITO CAMPUS TO GROW OUR PLANT STARTS. WE AGAIN HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL PLANT SALE & SEED EXCHANGE FUNDRAISER WHERE WE SHARED PLANTS AND SEEDS WITH THE COMMUNITY. NYP ALSO CONTINUED MENTORING OUR AGRICULTURE COORDINATOR IN PERMACULTURE AS WE FOCUSED ON FEEDING THE SOIL WITH COMPOST AND MANURE, SHEET MULCHING, A HUGELKULTUR EXPERIMENT, AND COVER CROPS. THERE WERE VARIOUS COOKING CLASSES AS WELL THE PLANTING OF HERITAGE SEEDS & POLLINATOR PLANTS. WE HOSTED 11 AGRICULTURE INTERNS WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER 500 HOURS IN NURTURING THE LAND. AGRICULTURE YOUTH WERE ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A MYCELIUM MYCOREMEDIATION WORKSHOP LED BY COMMUNITIES FOR CLEAN WATER. THEY USED ART AND STORYTELLING TO UNDERSTAND THE TOXINS IN OUR SOIL, AND HOW NATURE CAN MITIGATE THEM. WE ALSO HOSTED A GATHERING ON SITE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION'S TALKING CIRCLE. THE YOUTH ALSO TRAVELED TO VILLANUEVA TO LEARN FROM YVONNE AND THE BUENO PARA TODOS FARM COLLECTIVE WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT SIMILAR FORMS OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE AND ALSO BROUGHT BACK NEW IDEAS TO IMPLEMENT IN THE GARDEN. ART & LEADERSHIP PROGRAMTHIS YEAR'S MURAL PROJECT WAS CURATED BY ISRAEL HAROS-LOPEZ (LOCAL MURALIST & NYP MENTOR). THE YOUTH ORGANIZED AND DRAFTED THE IDEA FOR THE MURAL. INTEGRATING ALL OF THEIR IDEAS INTO ONE GIANT PIECE THAT WE HOPE TO CONTINUE IN 2022. WE BROUGHT IN LOCAL ARTISTS (INCLUDING PARENTS) TO MENTOR US ON CERAMICS, AND WERE ABLE TO CREATE CLAY CREATURES (HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY SEEING A BEAR) AS WELL AS BOWLS AND CUPS ON THE KICKWHEEL. WE ALSO HAD 4 TEEN ART INTERNS WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER 80 HOURS AND ROTATED BEING ART MENTORS TO OUR YOUNGER PARTICIPANTS. THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN IDEAS TO THE TABLE AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE SUMMER WITH MORE YOUNGER OR "BRIDGE" PARTICIPANTS. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SURVIVAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MOTHER NATURE CENTER. THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN EARTH WALKING, ARCHERY, AND TRACKING. WE ALSO HIKED INTO THE DESERT HILLS AND CANYONS EXPLORING OUR HOMELANDS. AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE KIDS ROCK CLIMBING AT THE SANTA FE CLIMBING CENTER. NYP HOSTED DDAT, AN AMAZING JAZZ AND HIP HOP GROUP IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME SERIOUS BUSINESS. THE YOUTH PROCESSED THE FOOD FROM THE GARDEN AND FROM LOCAL FARMERS INTO DELICIOUS GREEN GIFTS AT THE DAR AL ISLAM MOSQUE CERTIFIED KITCHEN. MENTORS ASSISTED IN CREATING TASTY, HEALTHY, AND WHOLESOME SNACKS AND GIFTS THAT WE SHARED WITH OUR FAMILIES AND THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED US THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ALSO BEGUN CONSTRUCTION ON AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO USING TO HOST COOKING CLASSES AND PREPARE HEALTHY FOOD FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $84,752

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Emily Arasim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Desiree Maestas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.88
  • Patrick Jaramillo

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.88
  • Matias Coronado

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.58
  • Patricia Shure

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.88
  • Willow Grace

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.88
  • Mary Stempien

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,981
    Compensation
    $22,981
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541659349200104

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