2025-08-20T10:06:04-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 873116348 YOUTH HELP FOUNDATION INC YOUT 7865904305 7901 4th St N Suite 28456 St Petersburg FL 33702 Rufus Ewing President 7865904305 2025-07-30 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.youthhelpfoundation.org X X 52300 X 52300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52300 52424 0 0 2785 256 1 5497 60963 -8663 -20579 0 -29242 X 10509 3586 711 471 1500 0 12720 4057 33299 33299 -20579 -29242 The Foundation is committed to supporting and empowering vulnerable children and youth by enabling equitable access to Health, Education, and Literacy Programs (HELP). Our operational model focuses on providing grant funding to other nonprofit and civil society organizations that deliver HELP-aligned programs and educational resources. Yes I Can Read intervention program is specifically designed for students in Grade 2. This initiative was implemented in elementary schools in collaboration with United Way TCI. The primary goal of the program is to enroll 300 Grade 2 students for in-school reading intervention. This pullout program is facilitated by experienced literacy teachers who focus on assisting students struggling with reading and comprehension difficulties. At the end of the first year 10 students who entered the program unable to recognized the letters of the alphabet, passed their High school entrance exams and are now fluent readers. 50000 X 51000 Literacy from Birth Program. The Foundation partners with the United Way TCI, Learn and Lead Education Center and TCI Hospitals to make books available to parents and support them in reading to their children from birth under the "Lit from Birth" campaign. The campaign is ongoing and, during 2024, has provided over 500 books to parents who were encouraged and supported in reading to their children from birth in the hospital. 3500 X 4875 Graphic Art Design Program. The Foundation provided ongoing funding support to the Youth Center Graphic Art design program through the purchase of Adobe Design licenses. During 2024 100 children joined the program and benefitted through enhanced cognitive development and creativity. 2088 X 2088 Tech4Girls is a hands-on learning program that trains girls and women in digital skills, including ICT, coding, and AI, to support their career development. This initiative creates opportunities for African girls and women to immerse themselves in technology and acquire skills needed for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They also receive training in soft skills such as entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and leadership. The funding supported the enrollment of 4 students in the program who have completed it and advancing their career in the technology field. The program currently has 120 students enrolled from 13 regions in Africa. 1500 X 1500 Youth Center programs. The Youth HELP Foundation supported the general programs of the Youth Center which are aligned with its mandate. Towards this end the painting donated to the Youth Center was auctioned to raise funds for the Youth Center Programs. The center caters to over 1000 youth members. 1500 X 1500 60963 Rufus W Ewing Director / President / Treasurer 4 0 0 0 Dr Stuart Ewing Director / Vice President 1 0 0 0 Dr Dawn Perry-Ewing Director / Secretary 1 0 0 0 Garold Hamilton Director 1 0 0 0 Michelle Braxton Director 1 0 0 0 Deidre Williams Director 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33299 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FL VA Dr Rufus Ewing 7901 4th St N Suite 28456 St Petersburg FL 33702 7865904305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 55947 11150 52300 119397 8600 0 8600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64547 11150 52300 127997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64547 11150 52300 127997 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Dr Rufus Ewing President and Director Start-up financing for the organization X 33299 33299 0 1 1 33299 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 In 2022, Youth HELP Foundation received a non-cash contribution consisting of a donated painting (FMV: $1,500). In 2024, this painting was donated to a mission-aligned nonprofit organization to support their fundraising efforts. The donation is reported as a non-cash program service expense in line 10 and reflected as an in-kind contribution of program support. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Advertising and Marketing;326|Program Related Expenses;2267|Taxes and Bank Fees;270|Office Expenses;1470|Licensing and registration;924|Depreciation Expense;240^Total;5497^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 In 2022, Youth HELP Foundation received a non-cash contribution consisting of a donated painting (FMV: $1,500). In 2024, this painting was donated to a mission-aligned nonprofit organization to support their fundraising efforts. The donation is reported as a non-cash program service expense in line 10 and reflected as an in-kind contribution of program support. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 As of December 31, 2024, the Foundation had a related-party loan payable of $33,299.01 from Dr. Rufus W. Ewing to fund start-up costs. The loan was advanced by Dr. Rufus W. Ewing. These transactions were not at arm's length. As such, there is no loan amortization/repayment schedule for the transactions. Had it been they were an arm's length transactions; the Foundation would have recorded an Interest Payable on its 2024 balance sheet and a corresponding Interest Expense on its 2024 Statements of Activities based on the prevailing market interest rates for similar commercial loan transactions. IRS Form 8868 for 6 months extension was approved on April 3, 2025.