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THE YOUTH CONNECTION INC

EIN 02-0647494 DETROIT, MI

Revenue 2024
$1,883,568
Expenses 2024
$2,012,863

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O05
Classification
1200
Street
300 RIVER PLACE DR STE 1400

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

The Youth Connection is committed to connecting all youth and their families in metro Detroit to a brighter future by providing quality programs and supportive services.

  • Other Programs: (1) The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) program raised awareness of substance abuse in targeted zip codes of Detroit. (2) The MDNR summer youth employment program provided support for Detroit youth ages 16-19 to provide them with an outdoor- focused summer job program along with opportunities for public service projects, outdoor recreation activities & carriers skill- building workshops. (3) CDBG-NOF program provided opportunities to Detroits youth aged 14-24 to learn a variety of careers through our partnership with a multitude of summer employment worksite partners and through trainings & workshops year-round. (4) Grow Detroit Young Talent (GDYT) Program. The program supported existing efforts to provide life & vocational skills training & summer work experience to Detroits youth aged 16-24. (5) The Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership For Success (SPF-PFS) targets substance use through collaborative efforts & evidence-based programming.

    Expenses $774,898

  • Substance Abuse Program is a dynamic, participant-centered programs. It addresses the prevention & misuse of ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs) in metropolitan Detroit through the delivery of the following services targeting youth & their immediate families: Botvin Lifeskills Training - we provided substance abuse prevention training to students & young adults. We helped slash alcohol consumption rates, cigarette use, and marijuana use amomg program participants. We also worked with DWIHN in Detroit to conduct tobacco vendor education visits to tobacco retailers.

    Expenses $578,542

  • The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth program provided employment & training activities to economically disadvantaged youth ages 14-24. The program emphasize on serving youth within the City of Detroit & integrates summer & year-round services for youth. Youth learned job expectations. We provided youth with life-skills training and opportunities to understand the duties & tasks necessary for success in various careers through career pathways and internship programs.

    Expenses $338,928

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.

  • Grenae Dudley

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $175,473
    From this org
    $175,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $175,473
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,473

  • Rick Bergquist

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nadine Cook

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Landis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rhonda Kennedy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jennifer Sulik

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Y Riley

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shaniece Bennett

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Will Council

    Advisory Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Nicole Huddleston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ronald Haddad

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Constancce M Slappey

    Advisory Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kathi Sitek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Angela Peavey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Tiffanie Y Lewis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
    $1,883,568
    Expenses
    $2,012,863
    Contributions
    $1,883,568
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,693,908
    Expenses
    $1,740,156
    Contributions
    $1,693,908
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,776,387
    Expenses
    $1,697,088
    Contributions
    $1,757,177
    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
    $1,703,127
    Expenses
    $1,573,295
    Assets (EOY)
    $550,940

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,503,991
    Expenses
    $1,423,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $427,399

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,529,566
    Expenses
    $1,391,651
    Assets (EOY)
    $405,544

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,185,015
    Expenses
    $1,088,359
    Assets (EOY)
    $239,145

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $876,319
    Expenses
    $792,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,671

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $781,807
    Expenses
    $848,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,113

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $856,965
    Expenses
    $887,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,406

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $883,758
    Expenses
    $957,737
    Assets (EOY)
    $139,095

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,149,502
    Expenses
    $1,126,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $215,157

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $797,578
    Assets (EOY)
    $159,379

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.