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DIRECTIONS FOR OUR YOUTH INC

EIN 06-1308851 BRONX, NY

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Revenue 2023
$6,550,837
Expenses 2023
$6,522,785

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B91Z
Classification
1000
Street
26 BRUCKNER BLVD

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 · 2023

Mission

DFOY'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE AS ACTIVE PARTNERS IN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT AS THEY SEEK TO BECOME THRIVING, SELFSUFFICIENT ADULTS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE WITHIN THEIR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DIRECTIONS FOR OUR YOUTH, INC. (DFOY) IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PROVIDING QUALITY OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMING IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE BRONX AND MANHATTAN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ENROLLED IN GRADES K-12.OUR MISSION IS TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE AS ACTIVE PARTNERS IN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT AS THEY SEEK TO BECOME THRIVING, SELF-SUFFICIENT ADULTS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE WITHIN THEIR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES. DFOY PROVIDES OVER 2,000 STUDENTS WITH HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT-DRIVEN PROGRAMS ENCOURAGING EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT, CAREER AWARENESS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DFOY OPERATES 8 PROGRAMS, AND SERVES 2,000 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS.

  • IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DFOY OPERATES THE LEARNING TO WORK PROGRAM AT THREE SCHOOLS: THE SATELLITE ACADEMY, HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, AND PROVIDING URBAN LEARNERS SUCCESS IN EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE TRANSFER SCHOOLS FOR OVER AGE AND UNDER CREDIT YOUNG PEOPLE. DFOY PROVIDED COUNSELING FOR OVER 500 AT RISK YOUTH STRUGGLING TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. DFOY ALSO PROVIDED PAID INTERNSHIPS FOR OVER 140 YOUTH.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Marisa Devincentis

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yaw Darkwa ESQ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rene Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lucius Outlaw III Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thelma Ofori Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Francisco Sanchez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Getz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nana Apenteng

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $170,543
    From this org
    $150,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,032
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,511
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,232
    Filer's total
    $170,543
  • Elisa Istueta

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $217,293
    From this org
    $192,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,226
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $177,067
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,426
    Filer's total
    $217,293
  • Elizabeth Marrero

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $117,586
    From this org
    $97,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,783
    Hours/week
    35

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,550,837
    Expenses
    $6,522,785
    Contributions
    $6,550,837
    Grants paid
    $459,675
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,109,563
    Expenses
    $6,289,117
    Contributions
    $6,109,563
    Grants paid
    $429,099
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    not reported
    Contributions
    not reported
    Grants paid
    not reported

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
    $5,850,348
    Expenses
    $5,546,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,321,106
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,635,564
    Expenses
    $3,712,353
    Assets (EOY)
    $821,757
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,038,469
    Expenses
    $4,074,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $847,597
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,567,414
    Expenses
    $3,609,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $313,341
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,267,192
    Expenses
    $3,169,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $318,385
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,372,528
    Expenses
    $3,565,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,600
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,856,890
    Expenses
    $3,664,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $490,705
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,692,268
    Expenses
    $3,779,916
    Assets (EOY)
    $276,847
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,768,633
    Expenses
    $2,731,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $301,300
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,149,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,204

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.