Asian Youth Center

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services block grant programs provide low-income youth and individuals with employment, emergency food, and recreation services. The employment programs provided 16 youth with 1,427 service units, including job search assistance, job skills development, work experience, and job placement. The emergency food program distributes bags of fresh groceries and nonperishable food items that can provide up to 30 meals per household, as well as hygiene items and personal protective equipment (ppe) to low-income families and served 495 clients this year. The recreation program is a safe-haven for low-income, at risk youth that provided 20 youths with a supervised and positive alternative to the streets. It aims to prevent delinquency and gang involvement, while giving youth a space to develop social, team work, and behavior improvement skills, and experience cultural and art activities.the level up next gen program (lung) seeks to provide pathways out of poverty, non-carceral intervention, and prevention services to low-income, bipoc, systems- and justice-impacted youth ages 14-24 to overcome barriers to success in their family, school, community, employment, health, and life. The program served 44 youth and outreached to another 1,319 youth. Clients were provided with mentoring on life skills, peer mediation/conflict resolution, post-secondary education, and career readiness to reduce delinquency and recidivism, eliminate barriers, and attain self-sufficiency. In addition, youth may be offered paid work experience to increase family income, bridging the gap between poverty and wealth.credible messenger services is an early intervention, community-based model that pairs youth with a specially training adult 'credible messenger' who comes from the same or similar community, has lived experience in the juvenile or criminal system, demonstrates integrity, and is trained to mentor young people. The program focuses on three services: family engagement, restorative justice healing circles, and individual mentoring. 6 youth participated in this program during the year.conflict resolution education training (cret) offers transformative re-entry programming for youth ages 13-18 in juvenile facilities. The 16-hour program teaches communication, creative problem-solving, disagreement management, peer mediation, and youth leadership. 32 participants learned to resolve conflicts, serve as peace ambassadors, support the youth council, address facility concerns, and help plan facility eventsbuilding skills that support rehabilitation and a successful return to the community. Reentry intensive case management services served 205 previously incarcerated individuals age 18 and over, who were in need of assistance accessing any of the following services: food, clothing, shelter, housing, transportation, health, mental health, substance abuse treatment, employment, vocational, educational, budgeting and money management, life skills development, and access to other community-based services.stop hate program is a community outreach program that raises awareness of stop hate, educates community members on reporting hate crimes and incidents, and provides resources for victims of hate. It also develops youth's awareness of the elements of hate, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion at high school dream centers. It fosters partnerships with community groups and local leaders to conduct community projects, such as a local steering committee, self-defense workshops, allyship trainings, api renewal space, and civilian patrol, in order to meet the community's various needs. Stop hate outreached to 3,696 individuals and served 1,545 individuals.elevate youth California serves immigrant, low-income, urban youth of color in los angeles county associated with high school dream center programs. The program's goal is to engage these youth in academic, leadership development, and social justice activities and thereby improving academic success, schoo

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 77
• Fundraising efficiency: $12.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings