YOUTH FIRST INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

F21

Classification

1000

Street

111 SE 3RD ST STE 405

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

• YOUTH FIRST OPERATES A COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT TRANSFORMS SCHOOL SYSTEMS INTO MENTAL HEALTH SAFETY NETS, BYPASSING COMMUNITY WAITLISTS AND REMOVING BARRIERS TO CARE. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY EMBEDDING HIGHLY TRAINED, MASTER'S-LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DIRECTLY WITHIN SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO DELIVER AN EVIDENCE-BASED, MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT. DURING THE 2024 TO 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, YOUTH FIRST PARTNERED WITH 119 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ACROSS 14 INDIANA COUNTIES (DAVIESS, DUBOIS, GIBSON, GREENE, KNOX, LAWRENCE, MARTIN, MORGAN, ORANGE, PERRY, POSEY, SPENCER, VANDERBURGH, AND WARRICK). THIS FOOTPRINT ENSURED THAT 53,510 K-12 STUDENTS HAD DAILY ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. AT THE UNIVERSAL PREVENTION LEVEL, YOUTH FIRST PROVIDES SCHOOL-WIDE EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS DESIGNED TO BUILD FOUNDATIONAL COPING SKILLS AND RESILIENCE. FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING SELECTIVE INTERVENTION, OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LEAD EVIDENCE-BASED SMALL GROUPS THAT PROVIDE TARGETED SUPPORT TO YOUTH WITH AN ELEVATED RISK OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE WHILE BUILDING SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. PARTICIPANTS DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, INCLUDING REDUCED BINGE DRINKING, REDUCED MARIJUANA AND E- CIGARETTE USE, IMPROVED MOOD AND STRESS MANAGEMENT, STRONGER SCHOOL CONNECTION, AND DECREASED TRUANCY. AT THE INDICATED LEVEL, OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE INTENSIVE, INDIVIDUALIZED CASEWORK TO HIGHLY AT-RISK STUDENTS THROUGH ONGOING ONE-ON- ONE AND FAMILY SESSIONS. MANY OF THESE YOUTH FACE COMPLEX CHALLENGES, INCLUDING ABUSE HISTORY, FAMILY SUBSTANCE MISUSE, OR SUICIDE RISK. INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS CONFIRM STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENTS' SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT, RESILIENCE, AND MOOD MANAGEMENT, ALONGSIDE A DECREASE IN PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS AND THE INTENSITY OF INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS. IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, YOUTH FIRST DEPLOYS SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT GENERATE MILLIONS OF DIGITAL AND OUTDOOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. BY SHARING ONGOING PREVENTION CONTENT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AND REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS, WE NORMALIZE HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIORS AND REINFORCE RESILIENCE MESSAGING THAT STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE YOUTH ECOSYSTEM. TO SUSTAIN THESE IMPROVEMENTS AT HOME, YOUTH FIRST ENGAGES PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH CONSULTATIONS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN FAMILY CONNECTIONS AND PROMOTE HEALTHIER, MORE SUPPORTIVE HOME ENVIRONMENTS FOR YOUTH. YOUTH FIRST RECOGNIZES THAT STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PRESSURES FACING SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS. TO ADDRESS THIS, WE PROVIDE ONGOING CONSULTATIONS THAT EQUIP EDUCATORS WITH TRAUMA-INFORMED STRATEGIES TO NAVIGATE CLASSROOM CHALLENGES AND BETTER SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING. IN ADDITION TO DAILY ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS, WE PROVIDE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOL FACULTY THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR, DELIVERING TRAINING ON SUICIDE PREVENTION (QPR), TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES, GRIEF SUPPORT, MANDATED REPORTING, AND EDUCATOR SELF-CARE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT. BY EMPOWERING EDUCATORS WITH BEHAVIORAL AND CRISIS RESPONSE TOOLS, YOUTH FIRST HELPS SCHOOLS IDENTIFY STRUGGLING STUDENTS EARLY AND INTERVENE QUICKLY WHILE ENABLING TEACHERS TO RECLAIM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE LOST TO DISCIPLINE AND CLASSROOM DISRUPTIONS. OUTCOMES REMAIN HIGHLY POSITIVE, WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF FACULTY REPORTING THAT A YOUTH FIRST PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS THEIR SCHOOL. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENT WELL-BEING, INCLUDING STRONGER ATTENDANCE, INCREASED CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION, AND REDUCED BEHAVIORS SUCH AS AGGRESSION AND POOR ATTENTION SPANS.

  Expenses $8,550,118 · Revenue $3,635,791

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

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $9,535,417

  Expenses

  $10,251,191

  Contributions

  $5,409,118

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $10,375,650

  Expenses

  $8,679,796

  Contributions

  $6,271,507

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,101,121

  Expenses

  $7,785,616

  Contributions

  $5,333,218

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $8,105,772

  Expenses

  $6,837,344

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,505,277

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,666,092

  Expenses

  $5,891,325

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,476,004

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,961,053

  Expenses

  $5,132,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,909,330

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,201,758

  Expenses

  $4,810,630

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,457,065

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,235,009

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,943,709

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

• UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE

  $333,548

  2024 · Sub Evansville Promise Neighborhood

• UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION

  $300,000

  2023 · SPONSOR A VILLAGE 5-PILLAR PROGRAM (SAV)

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC

  $240,393

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

• UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC

  $142,685

  2024 · MISSION: TO STRENGTHEN YOUTH AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTH, PREVENT SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND MAXIMIZE STUDENT SUCCESS.

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC

  $122,366

  2022 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $105,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICE

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC

  $98,390

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $90,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $88,334

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICE

• UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC

  $83,900

  2023 · MISSION: TO STRENGTHEN YOUTH AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTH, PREVENT SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND MAXIMIZE STUDENT SUCCESS.

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

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