Plymouth Christian Youth Center

What it reported doing in 2024

The capri theater our recently expanded and renovated theater venue offers exceptional arts and technology programming for youth and community members. The theater provides affordable rental space, production support and creative services for artists, organizations and local businesses. The capri serves as a gathering place for community convening, high quality youth arts programming and workforce development in technical production through the capri apprenticeship program.over the last fiscal year, 93 different organizations representing pcyc programming, partners and community members utilized the capri for a total of 195 days. The broad spectrum of arts events included 30 music offerings, 20 theater or arts events, 52 film screenings, and 19 dance company performances. Highlights for the year include the mobile jazz project on the plaza, a residency by ten thousand things, the minneapolis-saint paul international film festival and twin cities black film festival, and our first annual plaza palooza arts festival, celebrating youth and community programming at the capri. In addition, 13 gallery artists were exhibited, 34 community events, 17 conferences hosted. Our doors were opened to the community for 7 civic offerings, including use as a polling station and met council blue line public conversations site.capri glee! Community choir the capri glee community choir program began with a group of 15 singers in 2015. The program creates a space for community convening and relationship building and offers programs that uplift participants as they gain confidence, explore creativity, and develop artistic skills. The capri produces two 6-week capri glee! Sessions each year. Each session in 2024-2025 had more than 150 registrations and 85 participants singing at the weekly rehearsals. Both the fall and spring capri glee! Concerts were directed by j.d. Steele, with fred steele on keys and featured 101 participants performing on stage in the fall and 84 in the spring.legends in its 15th season, the capri presents legends concert series featured a range of local stars while exposing audiences to new artists and musical genres. The legends season of five concert weekends across a 9 month period opened with a tribute to louis armstrong, featured local super band, comingl as well as minneapolis's star jazz trio, the wolverines, and closed with an intimate show in our paradise community hall featuring classical vocalists.the capri presented roar! A live, global musical spectacle featuring bebe zahara benet, an internationally celebrated performance artist and the first winner of rupaul's drag race, backed by an astonishing ten-piece band! Electrified by the sensational sonic and visual artistry on stage, a sold-out crowd of 250 dressed in 'animal print eleganza' enjoyed a unique experience and interactive performance; affirming the joy, solidarity and resilience of our lgbtq community. Plaza palooza: capri arts festivalthe capri produced its first annual arts festival with plaza palooza on may 31st, 2025 bringing together artists, educators and entrepreneurs to celebrate the wealth of programming provided by pcyc and to unite and inspire the northside community. Over 100 students, families and community members attended outdoor activities, performances and interactive workshops across campus. Highlights include free food and drink, graffiti art and sign making workshops, face painting, imaginative rocket bikes, a drum line and dancers, live drumming and double-dutch instruction, afro-caribbean dance class, sidewalk chalk, science kits, a bouncy house, and a live band. The capri best buy teen tech center was open to the public for tours and program registration. Capri big bandeach year for the last 20 years, 25 musicians from all walks of life practice and perform jazz as part of the capri big band, housed at the capri theater. Rehearsals take place every other tuesday night in the paradise black box. The capri presents an annual holiday sh

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $17.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: -10.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings