Youth In Need
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Youth In Need meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"To build on the strengths of children, youth and families so they find safety, hope and success in life."
Year, State Incorporated:
1974, MO
Community volunteers opened Youth In Needs Emergency Shelter in 1974 when the areas homeless and runaway youth were being housed in the county jail. Fifty-two years later, Youth In Need still provides its flagship program. Since then, the agency has grown to provide a variety of prevention and intervention services to more than 9,000 children, youth and families each year. Services include infant, child and family development, Head Start and Early Head Start, emergency youth shelter, transitional youth housing, homeless street outreach, Safe Place, youth and family counseling, school-based counseling and positive youth development. Youth In Need employs more than 400 full- and part-time staff at 90 locations that span the agencys 100-mile service area, including St. Louis City and St. Louis, St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren and Montgomery Counties in Missouri. Recognized for its reputation of excellence, Youth In Need is accredited by the Council on Accreditation, is a recipient of the United Way of Greater St. Louis highest possible quality ranking, meets the Better Business Bureaus 20 standards for Charity Accountability and has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace 12 times since 2013.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, Youth In Need's program expenses were:
| Programs | $29,081,815 |
| Total Program Expenses | $29,081,815 |
Chief Executive
Patricia Holterman-Hommes, CEO
Compensation*
$217,825
Chair of the Board
Tujuania Reese
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Worldwide Technologies
Board Size
47
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Youth In Need's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Source of Funds
| Grants | $22,855,513 |
| Program Revenue - government contracts | $7,340,508 |
| Employee Retention Tax Credit | $2,265,746 |
| Contributions | $2,091,682 |
| Fundraising Special Events | $404,840 |
| United Way | $392,048 |
| Other | $262,567 |
| Program Revenue - clients | $146,960 |
| Children's Permanency Partnership | $36,213 |
| Donated Facilities, Materials, and Services | $8,554 |
| Total Income | $35,804,631 |
Programs: 87% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 10%
| Total Income | $35,804,631 |
| Total expenses: | $33,323,877 |
| Program expenses | $29,081,815 |
| Fundraising expenses | $941,010 |
| Administrative expenses | $3,301,052 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $2,480,754 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $9,675,848 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $12,156,602 |
| Total Liabilities | $4,023,238 |
| Total Assets | $16,179,840 |
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Report completed by:
BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois