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Nonprofit · EIN 56-0554413

ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK

Tax-exempt · CHARLOTTE, NC 28211

Financials

$31.5M$32.8M2022$34.8M$34.3M2023$36.8M$37.5M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
September 30, 2025990$36,802,475$37,525,567-$723,092$11,940,485$5,354,011$6,586,474
September 30, 2024990$34,782,907$34,315,866$467,041$12,810,633$5,331,196$7,479,437
September 30, 2023990$31,477,012$32,801,381-$1,324,369$14,335,054$7,563,963$6,771,091
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$3,020,028
of which government grants
$1,754,748
Program service revenue
$33,543,496
Investment income
$238,951
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$712,435
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,569,774
Other salaries and wages
$19,398,849
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$26,228,959
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$40,099
Accounting fees
$36,892
Occupancy
$1,102,478
Travel
$492,554
Depreciation
$479,776
Program services (functional)
$33,748,777
Management and general (functional)
$3,776,790

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$12,810,633
Total assets, end of year
$11,940,485
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,354,011
Net assets, end of year
$6,586,474
Land, buildings and equipment
$2,893,231
Net assets without donor restrictions
$6,586,474
Gross receipts
$36,802,475
Employees
580
Volunteers
608
Year formed
1903
State of legal domicile
NC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
N Craig BassCEO, AYN
Trustee or director, Officer
37$258,139$26,713
Ashley ConradPresident & COO
Officer
40$191,844$16,497
Manuel GomezCFO
Officer
37$164,180$33,739
Sandra PizarroChief People & Culture Officer
Highest-paid employee
40$147,302$32,858
Carolyn SpenceCIO
Highest-paid employee
40$131,521$14,239
William CatterallChief Clinical Officer
Highest-paid employee
40$126,917$16,248
Leonard ShinhosterVP-Residential Services
Highest-paid employee
40$120,467$16,246
Floyd PlummerVP-Performance Improvement
Highest-paid employee
40$100,773$19,726
Bill FullerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bryant OwensDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Debbie Dewitt-GreenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Elizabeth McMillanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Gabriel VeigaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jennifer HutchensDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jon GoldbergDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
4 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Kate PhillipsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Pamela PerryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Shannon GrantDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Todd CarlsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 20 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
N CRAIG BASSCEO
Trustee or director, Officer
37$244,066$51,814
ASHLEY CONRADPRESIDENT & COO
Officer
40$174,821$13,358
MANUEL GOMEZCFO
Officer
37$143,363$23,619
SANDRA PIZARROCHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$141,965$22,584
WILLIAM CATTERALLCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$123,657$15,486
CAROLYN SPENCECIO
Highest-paid employee
40$126,577$10,654
LEONARD SHINHOSTERVP RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$116,230$13,919
BRENDA FOUSTREGISTERED NURSE FBC
Highest-paid employee
40$112,620$352
TODD CARLSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DEBBIE DEWITT-GREENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BILL FULLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRANDON GARDNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JON GOLDBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHANNON GRANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KELLY KOENINGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELIZABETH MCMILLANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRYANT OWENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAMELA PERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATE PHILLIPSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEREMY SWINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 19 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
N CRAIG BASSCEO
Trustee or director, Officer
37$278,361$43,411
MANUEL GOMEZCFO
Officer
37$168,218$22,183
ASHLEY CONRADPRESIDENT & COO
Officer
40$166,236$11,079
WILLIAM CATTERALLCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$120,132$15,131
CAROLYN SPENCECIO
Highest-paid employee
40$120,605$9,731
JAIME SHUFORDVP HUMAN RESOURCES
Highest-paid employee
40$100,719$15,624
BRENDA FOUSTREGISTERED NURSE FBC
Highest-paid employee
40$105,340$0
TODD CARLSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DEBBIE DEWITT-GREENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BILL FULLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRANDON GARDNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JON GOLDBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHANNON GRANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PETE KIDWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHILPA MCDOWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRYANT OWENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAMELA PERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATE PHILLIPSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEREMY SWINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
6220 THERMAL RD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28211-5630
In care of
% MANUEL GOMEZ
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
BRENNON GRAHAM, 6220 THERMAL ROAD, CHARLOTTE, NC 282115630
Signed the 990
BRENNON GRAHAM, CEO
Phone
(704) 366-8712
Return prepared by
BDO USA

Mission

ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK PROVIDES QUALITY PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT TO CHILDREN WITH, OR AT RISK OF, SERIOUS EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. WE DELIVER AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ARRAY OF SERVICES, ENABLING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO EXERCISE SELF DETERMINATION, ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND FIND LONG-LASTING POSITIVE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.

990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • THE PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY (PRTF) CONSISTS OF 6-BED TREATMENT UNITS SERVING CHILDREN AGES 5-14 WHO SUFFER FROM SEVERE EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. PRTF PROVIDES A HIGHLY STRUCTURED, THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH RESIDENT. EACH RESIDENT HAS AN INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLAN DESIGNED BY A TEAM OF LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS. INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY THERAPY ARE PROVIDED IN COMBINATION WITH 24-HOUR PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, RECREATION THERAPY AND MILIEU THERAPY. ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A BOARD CERTIFIED CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST. IN FY 2025, PRTF SERVED 179 CHILDREN.
    Expenses $18,988,988 · revenue $16,541,966
  • THE DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ADDRESS CLASSROOM-BASED SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AND ACADEMIC DELAYS. DAY TREATMENT IS PROVIDED IN MECKLENBURG, GASTON, CLEVELAND, STANLEY, UNION, DAVIDSON, GUILFORD AND CABARRUS COUNTIES. THE PROGRAM IS SUPERVISED BY A PROGRAM MANAGER AND SUPPORTED BY A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND A CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST. INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY MAY BE PROVIDED BY LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AS INDICATED BY THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLAN. IN FY 2025, THE DAY TREATMENT SERVED 261 CHILDREN.
    Expenses $5,661,315 · revenue $5,387,205
  • THE THERAPEUTIC HOMES AT ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK PROVIDE INTENSIVE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY AND/OR BEHAVIORALLY DISTURBED. THE SERVICE IS MANAGED BY PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE QUALIFIED AND TRAINED TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES TO THIS POPULATION SO THAT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING MAY BE ACHIEVED BY THE CHILD. IN FY 2025, THERAPEUTIC HOMES SERVED 157 CHILDREN.
    Expenses $5,238,635 · revenue $6,188,532
  • Intensive In Home, Medication Mgmt, MST
    Expenses $3,859,839 · grants $712,435 · revenue $5,425,793

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025September 30, 2026February 15, 2027Not due yet
2024September 30, 2025February 16, 2026990 on file
2023September 30, 2024February 17, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
56-0554413
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1987
Accounting year ends
September
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Human services (P30)
Assets (IRS master file)
$11,940,485
Income (IRS master file)
$36,802,475

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990September 2025$36,802,475$37,525,567$11,940,485XML
990September 2024$34,782,907$34,315,866$12,810,633XML
990September 2023$31,477,012$32,801,381$14,335,054XML
990September 2022$30,286,385$32,305,949$13,951,988IRS
990September 2021–––IRS
990September 2020–––IRS
990September 2019–––IRS
990September 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 56-0554413).

Questions about ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK

What is the EIN of ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK?
The employer identification number (EIN) of ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK is 56-0554413.
Is ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1987.
Are donations to ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
Who is the principal officer of ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names BRENNON GRAHAM.
Who are the officers and directors of ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $258,139 (N Craig Bass, CEO, AYN).
How much revenue does ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK have?
On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $36,802,475, expenses of $37,525,567 and total assets of $11,940,485 at year end.

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