Youth Together Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352201239
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5109228247
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,197,277
Expenses
$1,177,476
Assets
$1,290,478
Liabilities
$291,015

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Danfeng Soto-Vigil Koon (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tony Douangviseth (Executive Dir.): $118,910 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Grounded in our commitment to peace, unity and justice, the mission of Youth Together is to address the root causes of educational inequities by developing multiracial youth leaders and engaging school community allies to promote positive school change.

What it reported doing in 2024

"YOUTH TOGETHER PROVIDED YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING AND DIRECT SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN OAKLAND, CA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025. YOUTH PROGRAMS CONSISTED OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AFTER SCHOOL ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, COORDINATED PARENT SUPPORT SERVICES, 1. Rising 8th Grader Summer Bridge Summer 2024Supported 60 rising 8th-grade students during the two-week summer bridge program located at Skyline High School. Youth Together offered students workshops on topics such as community building, healthy relationships, academic success, navigating high school, career exploration, and more! Many summer bridge participants participate in after-school programs or visit the Youth Center consistently. 2. English as a Second Language Literacy SupportThis space was created to provide our Skyline English as a Second Language population with a safe and supportive environment. The literacy program provides students with mentorship, academic support, and other family/community resources from an ELD teacher. 3. Food AccessIn partnership with the Alameda County Foodbank, youth and families could access our Feed the People Food Pantry Monday through Friday for 180+ days throughout the school year. 4. Expanded Learning Units of Service Youth Together enrolled 975+ students and provided over 50,000 units of services before, after school, and during intermission for 2024-2025. Youth Together, for the fifth straight year, met 100% of the daily attendance for after-school (25330/25000 ADA), supported by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers fund. 5. Dual EnrollmentIn partnership with Oakland Unified School District and Peralta Colleges, Youth Together supported 70 Skyline students with enrollment, supervision, and academic tutoring for three community college courses. 6. Unity DaysYouth Together hosted two school-wide Unity Day events at Skyline and Oakland High Schools for 3,000 students and 120 teachers during the first marking period of the school year to cultivate a healthier culture and climate for the remainder of the school year.7. Academic Case ManagementYouth Together 80+ high school students with academic support by monitoring attendance, coursework, and weekly progress report cards to help students academically excel throughout the school year. "

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 76.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $903K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.