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YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS

EIN 36-3993578 WAUKEGAN, IL

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Revenue 2024
$2,147,768
Expenses 2024
$2,050,547

Program services were 74.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
1020 W GREENWOOD AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO GUIDE AND MENTOR YOUNG ADULTS USING EDUCATION, JOB SKILLS TRAINING, LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO HELP THEM BECOME PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MENTOR AND EMPOWER YOUNG ADULTS TO SUCCEED THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIFE SKILLS, CAREER PATHWAYS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

  • DOL/YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM: PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO YOUTH AGES 16-24 WITH A FIVE-DAY A WEEK, SIX-MONTH EDUCATION AND CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM. MEMBERS WORK TOWARD EARNING THEIR GED OR HSD, OSHA 10 SAFETY CERTIFICATION, AND HBI PACT CONSTRUCTION OR IC-3 IT CERTIFICATION. MEMBERS LEARN LIFE SKILLS AND CAREER READINESS SKILLS, BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    Expenses $1,293,732 · Grants $83,233

  • SUMMER PROGRAM: PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PRESERVING LAKE COUNTY'S WETLANDS, PRAIRIES, AND WOODLANDS. THE STUDENTS ALSO EARN EDUCATION AWARDS.

    Expenses $88,300

  • GRADUATE PROGRAM: PROVIDES YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WITH 4-6 MONTHS OF ADVANCED CAREER TRAINING IN SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION TRADES OR HIGH-WAGE, HIGH-DEMAND JOBS.

    Expenses $144,259

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Alex Knizhnik

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/18/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Williamson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deb Gammon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derrick Hutchinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Irvin Jerry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivon Vidal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Garlow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marah Altenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcus Burnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Warden

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Papierniak

    CHAIR (UNTIL 12/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Paul McNulty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Shears

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Lutz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Bjorklund

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tim Dempsey

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Ceckowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Yonan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,974
    From this org
    $120,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,450
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,147,768
    Expenses
    $2,050,547
    Contributions
    $2,102,004
    Grants paid
    $83,233
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,672,129
    Expenses
    $1,701,732
    Contributions
    $1,644,364
    Grants paid
    $76,088
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,564,009
    Expenses
    $1,462,233
    Contributions
    $1,517,018
    Grants paid
    $72,617

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,549,381
    Expenses
    $1,462,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $673,256

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,379,948
    Expenses
    $1,345,544
    Assets (EOY)
    $960,056

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,228,798
    Expenses
    $1,347,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $661,651

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,300,660
    Expenses
    $1,269,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $684,292

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,201,291
    Expenses
    $1,202,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $686,107

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,209,228
    Expenses
    $1,134,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $724,747

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $981,445
    Expenses
    $991,710
    Assets (EOY)
    $603,365

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • YCC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC

    HOLD REAL ESTATE · IL · income $0 · assets $307,560

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.