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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS.

Totals

Total revenue
$891,057
Total expenses
$2,235,460
Contributions and grants received
$754,743
Grants paid
$716,898
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$123,208
Other revenue
$13,106
Total assets, end of year
$6,090,278
Total liabilities, end of year
$105,062
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,985,216
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,591,780
Management and general expenses
$396,813
Fundraising expenses
$246,867
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,591,780

Program services were 71.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $754,743

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $123,208 · excluded $123,208

  • 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

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $13,106 · related or exempt $13,106

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,106

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $716,898 · program services $716,898

  • 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 $173,855 · program services $43,430 · management and general $63,769 · fundraising $66,656

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $774,971 · program services $573,270 · management and general $112,151 · fundraising $89,550

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,818 · program services $9,804 · management and general $4,402 · fundraising $2,612

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $126,424 · program services $78,117 · management and general $33,955 · fundraising $14,352

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,571 · program services $55,141 · management and general $15,324 · fundraising $13,106

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $169,256 · program services $153 · management and general $121,939 · fundraising $47,164

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,979 · program services $20,470 · management and general $3,557 · fundraising $1,952

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,677 · program services $37,508 · management and general $3,169

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,838 · program services $2,981 · management and general $1,417 · fundraising $1,440

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,459 · management and general $16,459

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $24,654 · program services $10,146 · management and general $6,207 · fundraising $8,301

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $20,057 · program services $18,551 · fundraising $1,506

  • 24c · Other expenses: Repair and maintenance

    total $10,631 · program services $9,756 · management and general $875

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank and merchant charges

    total $10,616 · program services $365 · management and general $10,250 · fundraising $1

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,756 · program services $15,190 · management and general $3,339 · fundraising $227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,621,660 · end of year $815,319

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,092,365 · end of year $2,459,962

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,063,632 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $53 · end of year $1,215

  • 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 $5,000 · end of year $7,763

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

    $74,660

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

    $74,660

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,650,038 · end of year $2,806,019

  • 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 $33,276 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $172,934 · end of year $105,062

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,503,190 · end of year $5,830,216

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $789,900 · end of year $155,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Dedicated to promoting America's promise of equal opportunity for equal talent, Young Eisner Scholars ("YES Scholars") identifies promising young students from low-income communities in Los Angeles, New York City, and (Cont. on Sched. O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

Young Eisner Scholars ("YES Scholars") is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with over two decades of education development work in under-served communities in Los Angeles, New York City, and rural Appalachian North Carolina. For bright, ambitiousstudents from low-income neighborhoods, a college degree represents a clear path outof the crippling cycle of generational poverty. However, this potential is oftenstifled by their circumstances: a lack of exposure and access due to financial,educational, and social inequality. YES identifies high-potential young students from Title I middle schools, and provides them with the essential resources and support necessary to make college and career success attainable goals. We aim for each student to have the opportunity to make choices about their educational andprofessional pursuits that are not restricted by their socioeconomic limitations. YES support is long-term and holistic, meeting the needs of our scholars at every level academic, socio-emo

  • YES support begins once scholars are identified in the 6th grade (and sometimes as early as elementary school). We utilize a data driven approach to student support, consisting of three scaffolded phases, each focused on developing core skills and providing essential supplemental resources to ensure that students are competitive with their more privileged counterparts. Our middle school programming is centered around a rigorous math and logic curriculum designed to improve critical thinking, literacy, and self expression, as well as prepare them for admittance to competitive independent high schools. Middle school scholars also participate in robust summer programming designed to build cultural capital and prevent academic summer backslides. Armed with what they've learned from our (Cont. on Sched. O)

    Expenses $1,591,780

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Tucker

    Former Ex. Dir.

    Total calculated
    $159,444
    From this org
    $147,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,891
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,553
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,891
    Filer's total
    $159,444
  • Eric Eisner

    Founder/Preside

    Total calculated
    $14,432
    From this org
    $12,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,952
    Hours/week
    20
  • Allen Shapiro

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    13
  • Drew Zager

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Benedek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Trisha Cardoso

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara Hernandez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sean MacPherson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ramon Rodriguez

    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503199349302365

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