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Youth Empowerment Project

EIN 42-1633060Human Services Louisiana Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing intensive case management, mentoring and educational services to at-risk New Orleans youth

Founded in 2004, the mission of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) is to provide intensive case management, mentoring and educational services to at-risk New Orleans youth. We will strengthen each young person's capacity to successfully connect with his or her family and community and lay the foundation for a healthy transition to adulthood. Since its inception, YEP has earned local and statewide recognition for being at the cutting edge of progressive programs for at-risk youth. We started as the first-of-its-kind re-entry program for juvenile offenders in Louisiana and now we are the region's most comprehensive and established agency working with at-risk, court-involved and out-of-school youth.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.66Overall score
out of 100

90.38Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,684,092

Total expenses · USD$3,678,097

Program expenses

$2,854,203.27 recorded amount

77.6%

Fundraising expenses

$235,398.21 recorded amount

6.4%

Administrative expenses

$584,817.42 recorded amount

15.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Melissa Sawyer
Recorded compensation: $104,077.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.82%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Youth Empowerment Project
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2004, the mission of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) is to provide intensive case management, mentoring and educational services to at-risk New Orleans youth. We will strengthen each young person's capacity to successfully connect with his or her family and community and lay the foundation for a healthy transition to adulthood. Since its inception, YEP has earned local and statewide recognition for being at the cutting edge of progressive programs for at-risk youth. We started as the first-of-its-kind re-entry program for juvenile offenders in Louisiana and now we are the region's most comprehensive and established agency working with at-risk, court-involved and out-of-school youth.
`ein` EIN	42-1633060
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3678097.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.159
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.064
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7759999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	90.38
`leader` Recorded leader	Melissa Sawyer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	104077.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0282
`motto` Tagline	Providing intensive case management, mentoring and educational services to at-risk New Orleans youth
`name` Charity name	Youth Empowerment Project
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3684092.0
`score` Overall score	89.66
`state` State code	LA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2854203.272
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	235398.208
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	584817.423

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 42-1633060
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Louisiana (LA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.