2024-11-14T13:54:39-08:00 2023-12-31 954401626 Vasin Heyn & Company 5000 N Parkway Calabasas 201 Calabasas CA 91302 990 2023-01-01 272633827 Young Eisner Scholars YOUN 3104191800 PO Box 3085 Inglewood CA 90304 Rebecca Tucker Executive Director 2024-11-14 true true Rolland Vasin P00644882 8182223500 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Rebecca Tucker PO Box 3085 Inglewood CA 90304 2345421 false X www.yesscholars.org X 2010 CA Young Eisner Scholars ("YES") is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with over two decades of education development work in underserved communities in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and rural Appalachian North Carolina. For bright, ambitious students from low-income neighborhoods, a college degree represents a clear path out of the crippling cycle of generational poverty. However, this potential is often stifled by their circumstances: a lack of exposure and access due to financial, educational, and social inequality. YES identifies promising young students from Title I middle schools, and provides them with the essential resources and support necessary to make college and career success attainable goals. We aim for each student to have the opportunity to make choices about their educational and professional pursuits that are not restricted by their socioeconomic limitations. YES support is long-term and holistic, meeting the needs of our scholars at every level academic, socio-emot 10 9 21 40 0 474207 2194971 0 34446 103950 46500 508653 2345421 169704 767393 0 330398 1135238 16220 0 217536 110330 319989 626652 2222620 -117999 122801 7218173 7466024 114288 172934 7103885 7293090 Dedicated to promoting America's promise of equal opportunity for equal talent, Young Eisner Scholars ("YES Scholars") identifies promising young students from low-income communities in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, (Cont. on Sched. O) false false 1523067 YES support begins once scholars are identified in the 6th grade (and sometimes as early as elementary school). We utilize a data driven approach to student support, consisting of three scaffolded phases, each focused on developing core skills and providing essential supplemental resources to ensure that students are competitive with their more privileged counterparts. Our middle school programming is centered around a rigorous math and logic curriculum designed to improve critical thinking, literacy, and self expression, as well as prepare them for admittance to competitive independent high schools. Middle school scholars also participate in robust summer programming designed to build cultural capital and prevent academic summer backslides. Armed with what they've learned from our (Cont. on Sched. 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Column A is for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2020; Column B is for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2021; Column C is for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2022. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 74660 74660 X 2486495 67769 73305 141074 2345421 2345421 2295925 73305 73305 2222620 2222620 Part X : FIN48 Footnote YES Scholars is exempt from Federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and California income taxes under section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. The IRS classified the organization as one that is not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Code because it is an organization described in section(s) 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi).YES Scholars is required to pay an annual filing fee to the State of California and other states it operates in. YES Scholars has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Section 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. ASC Section 740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Section 740-10 requires that an organization recognize in the financial statements the impact of the tax position if that position will more likely than not be sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. As of and for the sixteen months ended December 31, 2023, the Organization had no material unrecognized tax benefits, tax penalties or interest. true 0 0 Student tuition and housing 75 225496 Supplemental student support 200 528138 Student application & testing fees 40 13759 Additional Supplemental Information Part IIISupplemental Student Support includes flights, textbooks & computers, medical & mental health costs as well as other essential life supplies and basic needs. Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Substantially all amounts listed in part III above are direct payments to third parties on behalf of students who are part of YES's program. There are some instances that a reimbursement is paid to a student and or family member (such as for purchase of a textbook) upon receipt provided by such student and or family member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft return was reviewed by the current board , executive director as well as a representative from the current accounting firm responsible for the organization's books. Any comments will be discussed with outside CPA and any necessary changes will be made to the return prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c On an annual basis, all board members and officers are required to sign a written statement stating they have read the written conflict of interest policy statement and have disclosed all known possible conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a In determining Executive Director Rebecca Tucker compensation, the board chair obtained outside data from GuideStar's Annual Compensation Report as well the California Center for Nonprofit Management Compensation Guide. A recommendation was made to the finance committee who approved such compensation and then further presented to the full board for their approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The conflict of interest policy, audited financial statements, last three years of Form 990, and Form 1023 are available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 To restore beginning year net assets = -$1365 Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: and rural Appalachian North Carolina and provides the long-term educational access, resources and support necessary to make college and career success an attainable goal. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, Program Service Accomplishments: thorough middle school programming, scholars are accepted to and attend the country's most competitive independent, public, boarding, and charter high schools, from Harvard Westlake to Exeter to Bronx Science. The YES high school program then builds on the skills they acquired in middle school, with an even more individualized approach to student success: connections to summer programs, academic tutoring, internship opportunities, mentoring, topical workshops, social-emotional wellness, and individualized college admissions counseling, including college tours and high-level standardized test prep. This programming is specifically designed to help foster independence and self-advocacy. The third phase is focused on college success, persistence, and graduation, as well as career placement. Our staff maintains frequent contact with YES college scholars, helping to adapt them to all aspects of the more challenging environment of college. We provide our scholars with the means to access both crucial and transformative social immersion opportunities around the country and the world, endowing them with the interpersonal, critical thinking and communication skills necessary to become competitive candidates for the workforce. From neighborhoods where fewer than 10% of adults have a college degree, 100% of YES scholars are accepted to the finest colleges across the country. More importantly, 94% of those students persist and graduate! YES scholars are attending and have graduated from medical, dental, & law school, as well as a variety of graduate programs across the country. Our graduates are excelling in careers spanning every field and are employed at companies including Apple, Morgan Stanley, Google, Bain, The LA Philharmonic, Teach for America, Goldman Sachs, Mercedes Benz, Amazon, F/X Networks, Autodesk, The National Park Service, City of Hope, and LinkedIn .Over 5% of our scholars are first-generation college students, and 87% qualify as low or super-low income. YESLA serves scholars across Greater Los Angeles County from Watts, Inglewood, & South Bay to East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, & downtown Los Angeles. In New York City, scholars are identified from six public schools in Harlem District 5. YESChicago serves students from the South Side and West Side, and our Appalachian scholars are identified in rural public schools in Watauga & Ashe Counties in Western North Carolina. YES currently serves over 720 students across the country and grows by approximately 75 students annually.Total program expenses were: $1,523,067