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YOUNG STORYTELLERS FOUNDATION

EIN 55-0827731 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,706,890
Expenses 2024
$1,693,854

Program services were 85.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O30
Classification
1200
Street
923 E 3RD ST STE 307

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 DEVELOP LITERACY THROUGH THE ART OF STORYTELLING. TO HELP UNDER-SERVED CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO DISCOVER THE POWER OF THEIR OWN VOICE BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO WRITE STORIES AND SEE THEM BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH PERFORMANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP LITERACY THROUGH THE ART OF STORYTELLING.

  • YOUNG STORYTELLERS IS AN ARTS NON-PROFIT THAT EMPOWERS AUTHENTIC, ESSENTIAL NEW VOICES AND CHANGES WHAT'S POSSIBLE. OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO EXPLORE, DISCOVER, AND EXPRESS ONE'S OWN UNIQUE STORY, AND A STAGE FOR SHARING IT WITH OTHERS. YOUNG STORYTELLERS ELEVATES YOUNG VOICES, MADE OF THEIR DISTINCT BACKGROUND, CULTURE, RACE, GENDER, SEXUALITY, ABILITY, AND IMMIGRATION AND ECONOMIC STATUS, TO BRING POWERFUL NEW PERSPECTIVES INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY.YOUNG STORYTELLERS COMPLETED TWO SEMESTERS, TOTALING 115 SESSIONS OF ITS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DURING 2024. YOUNG STORYTELLERS COORDINATED AND ADMINISTERED THEIR PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY IN OVER 70 PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. ALL PROGRAMS WERE PROVIDED IN PERSON DURING SPRING 2024 AND FALL 2024 SESSIONS. APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED AS STORYTELLERS IN OUR IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE OUR FLAGSHIP SCRIPT TO STAGE PROGRAM, COLLABORATIVE SCRIPT TO STAGE PROGRAM, MIDDLE SCHOOL STORIES PROGRAM, HIGH SCHOOL STORIES PROGRAM, AND WBD STORY LAB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, DC COMICS, AND LAUSD. YOUNG STORYTELLERS ALSO CREATED AND PRODUCED ORIGINAL CURRICULUM FOR AT&T'S THE ACHIEVERY, A FREE DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS NATIONWIDE.APPROXIMATELY 380 VOLUNTEER MENTORS PARTICIPATED IN YOUNG STORYTELLERS PROGRAMS DURING 2024 AND THESE MENTORS VOLUNTEERED OVER 4,940 HOURS OF THEIR TIME. IN ADDITION, APPROXIMATELY 259 ACTORS VOLUNTEERED AT IN-SCHOOL BIG SHOWS, AS PERFORMERS OF THE STUDENT'S STORIES, DONATING AN ADDITIONAL 777 HOURS OF THEIR TIME.DURING 2024, YOUNG STORYTELLERS PUBLISHED MULTIPLE HANDBOOKS AND WORKBOOKS BASED ON EACH OF THEIR PROGRAM OFFERINGS. THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES SERVED BY THE YOUNG STORYTELLERS PROGRAMS. YOUNG STORYTELLERS ALSO CREATED AND PUBLISHED A TOOL-KIT FOR THE SCRIPT TO STAGE PROGRAM WITH ONLINE HANDBOOKS AND TRAINING VIDEOS FOR USE OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES.

    Expenses $1,451,777 · Grants $2,700 · Revenue $16,000

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.

  • Ani Shehigian

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Koko Archibong

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eliana Pipes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Siqueiros

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Checkowski

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Li Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Gan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Im

    PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Llisa Prater

    DEIB OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gisele Roberts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aj Nseir

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Briar Darden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Paris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Stein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Yang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Thompson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $150,218
    From this org
    $150,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,218
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $150,218

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
    $1,706,890
    Expenses
    $1,693,854
    Contributions
    $1,674,324
    Grants paid
    $2,700
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,693,125
    Expenses
    $1,720,796
    Contributions
    $1,618,173
    Grants paid
    $1,350
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,602,767
    Expenses
    $1,597,222
    Contributions
    $1,598,224
    Grants paid
    $14,000

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
    $1,788,539
    Expenses
    $1,229,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,331,918

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,187,148
    Expenses
    $985,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $958,657

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,082,307
    Expenses
    $1,046,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $751,103

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,033,921
    Expenses
    $934,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $692,898

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $924,491
    Expenses
    $830,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $595,610

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $839,169
    Expenses
    $698,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $512,088

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $649,894
    Expenses
    $588,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $405,454

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $593,912
    Expenses
    $417,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $406,724

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $313,197
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,382

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

  • GRANTS 5000

    $14,000

    2022 GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGS PROVIDING SERVICES THAT ADDRESS THE WELLNESS OF OUR STUDENTS.

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Grants received

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.