YOUTH SPEAKS INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
YOUTH SPEAKS INC (EIN 91-2134499)
Tax period
2015-08-01 to 2016-07-31
Filed
2017-03-15
IRS object ID
201710749349301181
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionYouth Speaks creates safe spaces to empower the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies. We challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of social change. Ultimately, we hope to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core. Since 1996, Youth Speaks has championed a localized, national, and increasingly global movement of young people boldly declaring themselves present.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionYouth Speaks creates safe spaces that empower the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacy's. We challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Our vision is to shift the perception of youth by combating illiteracy, alienation, and silence, creating a nation of brave new voices bringing the notice from the margins to the core.MissionDesc
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DescNational & Field Building Programs - (1) Brave New Voices -- Youth Speaks first founded the Brave New Voices (or "BNV")Festival as the National Youth Poetry Slam in 1998, after the success of the local work in the Bay Area. The first slam had four teams; we now have 50 competing teams and five to ten non-competing teams. Brave New Voices is about bringing together young poets from across the globe so that they can create new pathways toward artistic growth, civic engagment, and youth development. BNV takes place in different cities and serves up to 200,000 clients per year. Beginning in FY14, the program was expanded to include the BNV Network Initiative, a comprehenisve multi-year initiative to support programs and organizations in the field of arts education and youth development through grants, consulting services, fellowships, and other resources, from within the existing BNV Network and beyond, to become stronger, more sustainable, and more impactful. (2) The Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks, and the University of California, San Francisco Center for Vulnerable Populations designed to combat the rising epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes by empowering youth to change the conversation about the disease, and work to change the social, cultural and environmental factors that have led to its spread, in the Bay Area and throughout California. We aim to inspire young people to challenge and name the institutional, environmental and social causes of Type 2 Diabetes. It is our hope that by raising their voice, taking action and joining the conversation they will inevitably alter the trajectory of the disease, and provide youth with a virtual platform, and real life performance opportunities for their stories to be heard. (3) Life Is Living is a collaborative community-based project that tests ideas about engaging youth, presenting public art, fostering literacy and storytelling, developing arts audiences, establishing non-traditional partnerships, transforming the environmental justice movement, and catalyzing community-building. Youth Speaks also piloted a number of new national programs in FY14, including the Raise Up Project to address the high school drop-out crisis, in close collaboration with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the I Want to Live program to improve the social and emotional health of youth by supporting a video and digital dialogue project designed to dispel stereotypes and create positive perceptions of young people and youth culture, particularly young men of color. Youth Speaks also launched a new multi-year collaborative program called the National Youth Poet Laureate program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities in FY 2016. This is the first program of its kind that creates a national platform for youth poets to write, perform, learn and collaborate as regional and national representatives.Desc

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DescBay Area Programs - Every time a thought is put into words, it is a creative act (thus the term, language arts). The same way a student recognizes and is able to practice visual arts by learning images, drawing, painting, and/or sculpting, a person's language skills expand the more s/he communicates ideas, problems, feelings, and solutions. Our local programming sits at the core of Youth Speaks. Programs such as our After School Workshops, In-School Residencies, Under 21 Open Mic, Bringing the Noise for Martin Luther King Jr., Teen Poetry Slam, Unified District Poetry Slam, Oakland Poet Laureate, Queeriosity and MC Olympics, fully embody our unique pedagogy which combines arts education, youth development, performance and civic engagement. We believe that our strength as a national leader is intrinsically connected to the depth and excellence of our core local programs and pedagogy. Youth Speaks is also actively creating professional development training opportunities and pathways as part of Bay Area Programs. We developed the First Sound Institute in collaboration with the University of San Francisco School of Education, to bring together artists and secondary educators from across the Bay Area and beyond to provide insight into our pedagogy,philosophical underpinnings of our youth development and arts development practices. In addition we launched a poet mentor fellowship and apprenticeship program.Desc

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DescTheatre Program - Youth Speaks' Theater Program is committed to producing literary performance in the verse of our time. Aesthetically urban, pedagogically Freirean, our Theater program derives personal performed narratives out of interdisciplinary collaboration. Though its methodology includes dance, music, and film, the company's emphasis is spoken storytelling. We support the creation of verse-based work that is spoken through the body, illustrated by visual and sonic scores, and in communication with the important social issues and movements of the immediate moment. Youth Speaks' Theater Program is also centrally focused on supporting the next generation of theater artists, technical personnel and leaders, including writers, directors, performers and producers, through the Emerging Artists Fellowship. Emerging Artists Fellows are alumni of Youth Speaks' youth programs and the Brave New Voices Network.Desc
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FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,493,714CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,537,198CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$8,274,102CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$6,681,127CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,339,805CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$21,325,946TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,493,714CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,537,198CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$8,274,102CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$6,681,127CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,339,805CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$21,325,946TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$2,078,796SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$19,247,150PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,884CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$26,338CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$59,553CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$12,746CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$37,151CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$137,672TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$21,463,618TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,920,848GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.89670PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.95560PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$17,759OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$13,041DepreciationAmt
Book Value$4,718BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$61,661OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$24,945DepreciationAmt
Book Value$36,716BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$41,434TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,962,059TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$309,314DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$309,314RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$3,652,745RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$3,652,745TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$5,389,007TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$309,314DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$309,314ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,079,693ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$5,079,693TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationYouth Speaks is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701(d). Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Youth Speaks in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Youth Speaks' returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (37 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtValuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDescNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDescAddress Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt
First Peoples Fund
706 West BlvdRapid CitySD57701820583682501 (c)3$12,419General operating support
First Peoples Fund
706 West BlvdRapid CitySD57701820583682501 (c)3$12,500Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Forward Arts Inc
100 LaFayette St Ste B227Baton RougeLA70801453709820501 (c)3$2,500General operating support
Forward Arts Inc
100 LaFayette St Ste B227Baton RougeLA70801453709820501 (c)3$12,500Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Get Lit - Words Unite
672 S LaFayette Park Pl Ste 30Los AngelesCA90057264644018501 (c)3$25,000General operating support
Get Lit - Words Unite
672 S LaFayette Park Pl Ste 30Los AngelesCA90057264644018501 (c)3$15,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Inside Out Literary Arts Project
Wayne State University 5143 CassDetroitMI48202311428704501 (c)3$2,500General operating supportAve
Inside Out Literary Arts Project
Wayne State University 5143 CassDetroitMI48202311428704501 (c)3$25,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & productsAve
Kuumba Lynx
4501 N ClarendonChicagoIL60640364246321501 (c)3$2,500General operating support
Kuumba Lynx
4501 N ClarendonChicagoIL60640364246321501 (c)3$12,500Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Loco Bloco Drum and Dance Ensemble
3543 18th Street Suite 20San FranciscoCA94110161678034501 (c)3$2,500Programmatic Grant
MassLEAP Collective
PO Box 1687West TisburyMA02575270584283501 (c)3$5,000General operating support
MassLEAP Collective
PO Box 1687West TisburyMA02575270584283501 (c)3$12,500Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Movimento de Arte y Cultura Latino
510 South First StreetSan JoseCA95113770251774501 (c)3$15,000Programmatic Grant
Oklahoma Literary Arts Alliance
PO Box 96TulsaOK74101471330370501 (c)3$10,688General operating support
Philadelphia Youth Poetry
Project of Urban AffairsPhiladelphiaPA19147237046393501 (c)3$12,500General operating support
Philadelphia Youth Poetry
Project of Urban AffairsPhiladelphiaPA19147237046393501 (c)3$25,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Ryse Inc
205 41st StreetRichmondVA94805260692904501 (c)3$10,000Programmatic Grant
Sacramento Area Youth Speaks
164 LaRue RoadDavisCA95616946036494501 (c)3$25,000General operating support
Sacramento Area Youth Speaks
164 LaRue RoadDavisCA95616946036494501 (c)3$25,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Southern Word Inc
1704 Charlotte AveNashvilleTN37203263547391501 (c)3$17,425General operating support
Southern Word Inc
1704 Charlotte AveNashvilleTN37203263547391501 (c)3$25,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Southwest Institute for Learning Inc
11090 East Old Spanish TrailTucsonAZ85748320459678501 (c)3$2,500Programmatic Grant
TruArtSpeaks
Arcata Word Press 275 E 4th St SteSaint PaulMN55101651264407501 (c)3$12,500Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products701
Urban World NYC
242 W 27th StNew YorkNY10001320250944501 (c)3$49,900General operating support
Urban World NYC
242 W 27th StNew YorkNY10001320250944501 (c)3$50,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
vIBE Theater Experience
30 Third AvenueBrooklynNY11217200482372501 (c)3$2,500Programmatic Grant
Words Beats and Life Inc
1525 Newton St NWWashingtonDC20010270062812501 (c)3$26,000General operating support
Words Beats and Life Inc
1525 Newton St NWWashingtonDC20010270062812501 (c)3$25,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Writers in the Schools
1523 W Main StHoustonTX77006760338549501 (c)3$23,000General operating support
Writers in the Schools
1523 W Main StHoustonTX77006760338549501 (c)3$25,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Young Chicago Authors
1180 N MilwaukeeChicagoIL60642363772997501 (c)3$18,000General operating support
Young Chicago Authors
1180 N MilwaukeeChicagoIL60640363772997501 (c)3$50,000Training & Technical Assistance$10,000FMVTraining & Technical Assistance services & products
Community Partners
1000 N Alameda St Ste 240Los AngelesCA90012954302067501 (c)3$3,500Programmatic Grant
Fountain City Teen Poetry Slam
PO Box 1022ColumbusGA31902581487274501 (c)3$2,500Youth Advisory Board programmatic grant
With Our Words Inc
657 Pacific Ave Ste 301StocktonCA95207201545963501 (c)3$10,000Youth Advisory Board programmatic grant
Teens With a Purpose
1208 Mills Stream WayChesapeakeVA23320331207585501 (c)3$8,000I Want to Live programmatic grant

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant TypeScholarshipsGrantTypeTxt
Non Cash Assistance$45,943NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method UsedValued costValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash AssistanceClasses are provided to various students at costNonCashAssistanceDesc

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceForm 990, Schedule I, non-cash assistanceFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationYouth Speaks non-cash assistance is provided by way of services, travel, lodging and professional development expenses related to the Brave New Voices Network Initiatives and is not captured in lines 1 & 2 of Part IX of the Form 990.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJames KassPersonNm
TitleExecutive DirectorTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$144,370BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs$0CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$0BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations$0BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$0OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs$0OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$0DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs$0DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$17,031NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs$0NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$161,401TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs$0TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org$0CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs$0CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJames KassPersonNm
Relationship With OrgExecutive DirectorRelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan PurposeShort-term Bridge LoanLoanPurposeTxt
Loan From OrganizationYes (X)LoanFromOrganizationInd
Original Principal$22,622OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due$0BalanceDueAmt
Default0DefaultInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (1)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written AgreementYes (1)WrittenAgreementInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, line 3The Off/Page Project was discontinued in 2016. The Off/Page Project combines the groundbreaking storytelling of Youth Speaks with the analytical lens of The Center for Investigative Reporting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11Staff provides an electronic copy of the Form 990 to all members of its governing body to solicit comments and feedback as well as a final copy, prior to submission to the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15The Executive Director's compenation is reviewed annually by the Board of Directors. In addition, key staff monitor comparable compensation data to ensure that Youth Speaks' compensation is fair and appropriate. Other key employees are reviewed annually by Youth Speaks' senior management. Staff are evaluated in the beginning and end of each fiscal year to determine possible compensation increases, as available resources are available and budgeted for. Staff compensation increases take into account merit, COLA, and nonprofit comparability data.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The organization's financial information is available to the public by request and through various online sources, including the California Cultural Data Project.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:Fiscal sponsorship settlement -986,239.

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