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YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC

EIN 42-1051609 AMES, IA

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Revenue 2023
$27,221,278
Expenses 2023
$21,933,424

Program services were 85.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P300
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1628

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

THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO PROVIDE PREVENTION, EDUCATION, TREATMENT AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES; TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF; AND TO HELP THEM HEAL, GROW AND BE SELF SUFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO CREATE HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY BY PUTTING KIDS FIRST.

  • THE ORGANIZATIONS RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICES IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOUTH OF BOTH GENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12-18 THAT NEED MORE INTENSIVE TREATMENT THAN OUTPATIENT SERVICES ALONE CAN PROVIDE.

    Expenses $8,291,789

  • TRANSITIONAL SERVICES PROVIDES YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18-23 SUPPORT TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH HOUSING, LIFE SKILLS, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $7,914,891 · Grants $1,186,184 · Revenue $5,936,310

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS OFFICES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE LICENSEED INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP INTERVENTIONS IN BOTH THE OFFICE, THE HOME AND IN SCHOOL SETTINGS. THE ORGANIZATION CAN EVALUATE AND TREAT YOUNG CHILDREN, AS WELL AS YOUNG ADULTS, THROUGH SPECIALIZED AND CONVENTIONAL INTERVENTIONS.

    Expenses $2,638,297

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.

  • Jolly Laura

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Baker Jim

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Barrett Joseph

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bucher James

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Atroon Nahla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Black Jim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brinkley Jeff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Day Tim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deardorff Amber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edel Meri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jones Justus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Klindt Todd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Krause Christy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • McDonald Stacey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ostendorf Allison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Peters Randi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Seo Dean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Trujillo Christine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Underwood William

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allen Andrew

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $213,345
    From this org
    $176,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,658
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,687
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,658
    Filer's total
    $213,345
  • Vanderlinden Mark

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $87,208
    From this org
    $75,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,391
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related
  • Meis Belinda

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $114,870
    From this org
    $108,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,496
    Hours/week
    50
  • Medina Nicolle Lea

    THERAPY- YSSNI

    Total calculated
    $121,790
    From this org
    $107,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,349
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $27,221,278
    Expenses
    $21,933,424
    Contributions
    $20,994,648
    Grants paid
    $1,186,184
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $32,961,661
    Expenses
    $21,209,680
    Contributions
    $27,822,141
    Grants paid
    $1,681,332

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
    $24,039,614
    Expenses
    $21,000,346
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,702,397
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,434,086
    Expenses
    $19,045,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,375,067
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,281,080
    Expenses
    $17,906,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,042,632
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,605,351
    Expenses
    $19,358,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,725,968
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,109,660
    Expenses
    $19,529,222
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,168,723
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,550,280
    Expenses
    $15,924,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,559,171
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,834,847
    Expenses
    $15,384,522
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,950,956
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,547,751
    Expenses
    $14,589,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,888,117
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,848,760
    Expenses
    $13,728,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,790,957
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,882,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,638,122

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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.