GYC
Legal name: Generation of Youth for Christ
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200292184
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Rochester, MN, US
- Phone
- 707-234-5GYC (5492)
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $966,962
- Expenses
- $777,172
- Assets
- $937,476
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREW PARK (PRESIDENT)
- JOSHUA AHN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ADAM RAMDIN (BOARD MEMBER)
- ANDY IM (BOARD MEMBER)
- CHESTER CLARK III (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In 2002 a small group of college students began a movement—hungering for the Word of God, deeper relationship with Christ, and an active life in His service. GYC’s mission is to raise up dedicated young people within the Seventh-day Adventist Church to demonstrate leadership, integrity, humility, evangelism, and Christ’s love for God and humanity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Gyc provides an annual convention at which young people gain practical training in biblical topics, receive inspiration and participate in networking opportunities. Gyc's target age range is 18-35 years. Gyc held its annual conference december 27,2024 - december 31, 2024, gyc held its annual conference in columbus, Ohio. Attendance swelled to around 3,000 participants on the weekend. Gyc provided 1400+ attendees with the opportunity to engage in gyc outreach day (december 29th). Participants were able to choose between five outreach projects: door-to-door outreach, pack over 7,000 care kits filled with essentials for inmates in Ohio, media evangelism training, bible study training, and prayer for revival.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.6%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $699K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $486K reported
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.