Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$423,891

Total expenses

$625,066

Contributions and grants received

$420,716

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,175

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$264,162

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$264,162

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$421,726

Management and general expenses

$141,965

Fundraising expenses

$61,375

Program service expenses (Part III)

$421,726

Program services were 67.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS/BOOT CAMPS: YMG CONDUCTS PAID TWO-WEEK BOOT CAMPS ON INTRODUCTION TO REPORTING AND WRITING AND ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR JOURNALISM WITH GROUPS OF UP TO 12 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE REPORTING AND WRITING "101" BOOT CAMP TEACHES THE BASICS OF NEWS WRITING AND STUDENTS WORK IN GROUPS TO COMPLETE SHORT NEWS ARTICLES, WHICH WE PUBLISH ON OUR WEBSITE AND OFFER TO MEDIA OUTLETS THAT HAVE INCLUDED THE BALTIMORE AFRO AND THE BRONX TIMES. THE SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO CREATE FACTUAL, GRAMMATICAL AND ENGAGING JOURNALISTIC SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS USING CANVA AS WELL AS VIA TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM. THEIR GRAPHICS AND VIDEO POSTS PROMOTE OUR WORK AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DISPARITIES AND SOLUTIONS TO HEALTH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND OTHER SOCIAL CHALLENGES IN STUDENTS' COMMUNITIES. WE SHARE THE POSTS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND OFFER THEM TO NEWS OUTLETS WITH OUR ARTICLES. YMG ALSO HOLDS VIRTUAL SIX-WEEK REPORTING AND WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR MORE EXPERIENCED STUDENT JOURNALISTS, WHO WORK IN GROUPS TO CREATE IN-DEPTH ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN USA TODAY, THE MIAMI HERALD, MIAMI NEW TIMES, THE DC LINE, THE PUBLIC RADIO SITE BILLY PENN, THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE, FRESHWATER CLEVELAND, THE WASHINGTON BLADE AND THE LAND IN CLEVELAND.

  Expenses $192,789

• IN-SCHOOL TRAINING: YMG INSTRUCTORS CONDUCT ALL-VIRTUAL AND HYBRID IN-PERSON/VIRTUAL REPORTING, WRITING AND SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM CLASSES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AFTER SCHOOL AND/OR DURING SCHOOL VACATIONS. STUDENTS ARE COMPENSATED FOR WORK THAT MEETS MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND OTHER OUTLETS. AS WITH OUR EXTRACURRICULAR TRAINING, THESE STUDENTS COVER TOPICS INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, ROAD SAFETY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY.

  Expenses $102,419

• INDEPENDENT CONTENT CREATION: YMG STAFF, CONTRACT JOURNALIST-INSTRUCTORS AND CONSULTANTS WORK INDEPENDENTLY (OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS AND IN BOOT CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS) WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COLLEGE INTERNS. WE HELP THEM PRODUCE ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT; HOST SCHOOL AND PUBLIC EVENTS TO SHOWCASE STUDENT WORK; AND PROVIDE COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION TRAINING STUDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED IN MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED FIELDS. TOP-PERFORMING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE PROMOTED TO "ASSISTANT MENTOR-EDITORS," WHO WORK WITH JOURNALISTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WRITING WORKSHOPS, AND TO COLLEGE INTERNS.THEIR WORK HELPS KEEP THE CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE - HTTPS://WWW.YOUTHCASTMEDIAGROUP.ORG/ - FRESH AND REQUIRES STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND ARTICLE COMPONENTS INCLUDING CAPTIONS, HEADLINES AND PULL QUOTES, SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION AND WEBSITE POSTING AND DESIGN. WE ALSO PROMOTE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS TO INTERNSHIPS ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF OUR NONPROFIT.

  Expenses $126,518

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

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

26 March 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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