World Youth Clubs

Legal name: World Youth Clubs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842274485
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Orlando, FL, US
Phone
4076861993
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,902,929
Expenses
$1,896,094
Assets
$1,068,153
Liabilities
$102,073

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN GOINGS (CHAIRMAN & CEO)
  • YOLANDA LONDONO (PRESIDENT THROUGH 10/2025)

Highest reported compensation

  • YOLANDA LONDONO (PRESIDENT THROUGH 10/2025): $175,940 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Developing, Enhancing and Advancing community-based youth organizations that provide a positive environment and a safe place for young people around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Wyc serves affiliate organizations in three distinct areas. Guidance & consultation - wyc provides personalized assessment services and high-touch technical assistance in critical areas of organizational development, including: - board development - staff development - finance & administration - resource development - marketing & communications - safety & facilities - program curriculum - technology & systems - strategic planning - outcomes measurementnetworking & learning opportunities - wyc looks to curate knowledge across a range of youth development models to improve organizational efficiencies, develop youth professionals, and enhance the work of board volunteers. These opportunities include: - wyc annual international conference - monthly webcast series - affiliate portal which facilitates the sharing of best practices, formal and informal networking opportunities among affiliate members - programs like global links that connect youth and youth leaders around the world in virtual and in-person exchange programsadvocacy & recognition - wyc advocates on behalf of the international youth development movement, bringing awareness to the impact of youth clubs and youth development professionals worldwide. Recognition opportunities include: - wyc annual promise awards: celebrating youth, youth development professionals and innovative programming of affiliate members - challenge grants: pass-through funding provided to wyc affiliates to support growth and innovation

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 46.9%; rating input score 47; 32nd 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; 64th 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: 0.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 77.3% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $176K · 18 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $294K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.