YOUTH ON THEIR OWN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P850

Classification

1000

Street

2525 N COUNTRY CLUB RD

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

• THE MISSION OF YOTO IS TO SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND CONTINUED SUCCESS OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN PIMA COUNTY. SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO HELP MEET YOUTH'S BASIC NEEDS SO THEY CAN FOCUS LESS ON THEIR HOUSING INSTABILITY OR FOOD INSECURITY AND MORE ON IN-SCHOOL SUCCESS. GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS WITHIN 100+ AREA SCHOOLS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SERVE AS "YOTO LIAISONS" TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HOMELESS STUDENTS, HELP THEM ENROLL IN YOTO, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOTO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AT NO COST, INCLUDE: O ACADEMIC STIPENDS (UP TO 350/MONTH) BASED ON LEVEL OF NEED AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; FLEXIBLE STIPENDS (E.G., BASIC NEEDS FUNDING); GRADUATION AWARDS; SCHOLARSHIPS. O BASIC NEEDS MATERIAL SUPPORT (E.G., HYGIENE SUPPLIES, SHELF-STABLE FOOD, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, ETC.) VIA THE YOTO MINI-MALL AND OTHER PERSONAL NEEDS (E.G., DENTAL CLEANINGS, HAIRCUT VOUCHERS, ETC.). O TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE (E.G., UBER HEALTH RIDES AND TAXI FARES). O ONGOING ACADEMIC SUPPORT, INCLUDING COLLEGE AND CAREER GUIDANCE. O REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, AND OTHER UNMET NEEDS. BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, BASIC NEEDS ITEMS, AND ONE- ON-ONE GUIDANCE, YOTO GIVES YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND REACH THEIR GOALS. UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DEPEND ON SCHOOL-BASED SUPPORTS (TEACHERS/COUNSELORS, TUTORING, BREAKFAST/LUNCH SERVICES, ETC.) AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (FRIENDS, COACHES, TEAMMATES, ETC.) FOR POSITIVE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, CONSISTENCY, AND TEMPORARY HOUSING CONNECTIONS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN OUR THREE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE AREAS INCLUDE: YOUTH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN EARN A MONTHLY STIPEND OF UP TO 350 TO INCENTIVIZE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE. YOUTH IN THE MOST UNSTABLE SITUATIONS (THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR CAR, PARENTING, ETC.) CAN EARN THE HIGHEST STIPEND AMOUNT OF 350. TO RECEIVE A STIPEND, STUDENTS MUST MEET SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. IN 2024-2025, 1,128,250 WAS INVESTED IN YOUTH ACADEMIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION, YOUTH WHO WERE FACING EVICTION OR STREET HOMELESSNESS EARNED 38,835 THROUGH OUR DIRECT CASH TRANSFERS AS PREVENTION(DCT-P) PROGRAM. BASIC NEEDS: YOTO YOUTH ARE PROVIDED ACCESS TO FREE BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING, HYGIENE ITEMS, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT THE YOTO MINI-MALL. UBER HEALTH RIDES AND TAXI RIDES ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO ELIMINATE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING YOTO WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL, AND WORK. IN 2024-2025, YOTO YOUTH VISITED THE ON-SITE MINI MALL 3,005 TIMES AND YOTO DISTRIBUTED 179,643 BASIC NEEDS ITEMS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION, YOTO DISTRIBUTED, 174 CAP AND GOWN STIPENDS, 32 DENTAL SERVICES THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH MARTIN TAYLOR DENTISTRY, 112 HAIRCUT VOUCHERS, 22 NEW HOME KITS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIVA PIMA, 177 UBER AND TAXI RIDES, 19 DONATED BIKES THROUGH EL TOUR DE TUCSON AND 39 LAPTOPS. ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS IN FY25 ENABLED YOTO TO PROVIDE 11 GENDER AFFIRMING PRODUCTS TO TRANS YOTO YOUTH (PARTNERSHIP WITH VALIDUSA), 798 FRESH MEAL KITS (PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT), 2,056 1-GALLON BAGS OF PET FOOD (PARTNERSHIP WITH CODY'S FRIENDS), AND 1,987 PAIRS OF SOCKS (PARTNERSHIP WITH BOMBAS). GUIDANCE: BECAUSE YOTO YOUTH ARE ON THEIR OWN, THEY OFTEN LACK THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE THAT COMES FROM A CARING PARENT. YOTO PROVIDES ONE-ON-ONE GUIDANCE, ENCOURAGEMENT, COLLEGE AND CAREER ASSISTANCE, AND CONNECTIONS TO OTHER SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, YOTO SERVES AS AN ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY NEED SUPPORT NAVIGATING SERVICES AND SYSTEMS. YOTO'S SCHOOLS PROGRAM COORDINATORS ARE VITAL TO YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN SERVICES AND HELPING STUDENTS STAY IN SCHOOL. ALUMNI PROGRAM COORDINATORS PROVIDE WORKSHOPS TO SUPPORT YOUTH'S POST-SECONDARY PLANS. IN FY25, 62 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN A FAFSA WORKSHOP, 20 YOUTH ATTENDED A RESUME WORKSHOP, 23 YOUTH ATTENDED THE PIMA FOR YOTO EVENT, WHICH IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN YOTO, PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, EARN TO LEARN, AND PIMA COUNTY ONE STOP. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, A TOTAL OF 1,459 YOUTH WERE ENROLLED IN YOTO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN FY25, 78% OF YOTO YOUTH REPORTED THAT GUIDANCE GIVEN BY YOTO SUPPORTED THEM IN ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS AND 94% FELT WELCOMED WHEN THEY VISITED THE MINI MALL. YOTO SCHOOL LIAISONS ARE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND OTHER KEY SCHOOL STAFF AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS IN PIMA COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THEIR PAID ROLES AT SCHOOL SITES, THESE INDIVIDUALS ALSO VOLUNTEER TO HELP FACILITATE THE YOTO PROGRAM ON THEIR CAMPUS. 54.2% OF YOTO LIAISONS HAD AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 2-10 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS.

  Expenses $3,909,173 · Grants $1,688,131

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.

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

  $7,982,326

  Expenses

  $4,936,280

  Contributions

  $7,243,495

  Grants paid

  $1,688,131

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,664,489

  Expenses

  $5,622,750

  Contributions

  $5,451,831

  Grants paid

  $2,218,885

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,487,213

  Expenses

  $4,393,703

  Contributions

  $4,631,278

  Grants paid

  $1,505,607

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

  $5,117,655

  Expenses

  $4,623,191

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,491,109

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,729,576

  Expenses

  $3,816,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,056,651

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,076,246

  Expenses

  $3,844,290

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,766,368

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,173,263

  Expenses

  $2,784,801

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,199,216

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,214,165

  Expenses

  $2,449,239

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,020,149

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,214,165

  Expenses

  $2,449,239

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,020,149

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,358,195

  Expenses

  $2,254,539

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,252,711

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,592,588

  Expenses

  $2,275,550

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,154,453

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,345,370

  Expenses

  $2,303,571

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,831,940

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,567,146

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,803,156

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

• THE TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT

  $10,000

  2024

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Grants received

• ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC

  $768,161

  2022 · Youth On Their Own received $768,161 to fund the renovation of its recently purchased headquarters facility in midtown Tucson near the intersection of Country Club and Grant Roads.

• POINT SOURCE YOUTH INC

  $155,000

  2023 · SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECT CASH TRANSFERS AS PREVENTION

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $149,500

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $134,700

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $126,029

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $112,916

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $103,839

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $99,650

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $92,115

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $57,600

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

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

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