2024-11-11T11:45:21-08:00 2023-12-31 461699920 Craft-Essig & Associates LLC 806 Johnnie Dodds Blvd Ste 200 Mount Pleasant SC 29464 990 2023-01-01 275484213 Carolina Youth Action Project CARO 8436371707 4442 Rice Mill Dr North Charleston SC 29420 Markelle Evans Co-Director 2024-11-11 true true Lindsey R Hayes CPA P01848312 8436062156 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X Markelle Evans 4442 Rice Mill Dr North Charleston SC 29420 248269 false X www.scyouthaction.org X 2011 SC Carolina Youth Action Project is a grassroots nonprofit that uses music as a vehicle for social change and builds power among girls and transgender youth in Charleston, South Carolina. We develop feminist and anti-racist youth leaders through cultural organizing practices that blend music education, political education, and DIY media making. 3 3 7 3 0 411803 248019 0 250 -26 0 411777 248269 0 0 348279 394464 0 0 68547 50926 416826 445390 -5049 -197121 279899 82778 0 279899 82778 X Carolina Youth Action Project is a grassroots nonprofit that uses music as a vehicle for social change and builds power among girls and transgender youth in Charleston, South Carolina. We develop feminist and anti-racist youth leaders through cultural organizing practices that blend music education, political education, and DIY media making. false true 290386 Youth Leader Institute (YLI): The Youth Leader Institute aims to equip girls, trans youth and gender nonconforming youth ages 14-18 with the skills, support and critical analysis necessary to lead a movement for radical and lasting change in South Carolina. YLI serves as an organizing crash course, equipping young people with the tools to effectively build and sustain a base of folks who support and are invested in our campaign work. The 2022 Institute included 8 student leaders and culminated with the continuing of our two youth-led campaigns: Safer Schools Without SROs & Sex Education Beyond Abstinence. Also in 2022, a Campaign Town Hall was held with 5 former student leaders to provide feedback about their past experiences and their hopes and suggestions to help shape the direction of future campaign work. In 2023, most of CYAP's programmatic hours were spent updating the curriculum for YLI as well as connecting with community leaders, organizations, and institutions to increase YLI's impact and youth engagement for 2025. 60743 Jessamine Zine: During 2022, Carolina Youth Action Project introduced a new "zine and youth initiative called "Jessamine." Named after the native flower that vines and blooms throughout South Carolina, "Jessamine" intends to interconnect girls, trans youth, and gender nonconforming youth in South Carolina by creating a disbursable project for creative youths to not only contribute to, but also own a copy of their own work. This zine is a digital amalgamation of art, poetry, essays, stories, puzzles, playlists, collage, and anything else you can think of to represent the theme and the voices of young people. A theme is selected for each issue, and for 2022, the inaugural theme was "POWER." A total of 19 submissions were received and 5 artist interviews were conducted as part of the project during 2022, and after much time designing and compiling the submissions, it will be printed and distributed in 2024. The "zine" is now a traditional and recurring project of CYAP. Youth Action Alliance (YAA): The Youth Action Alliance is a political education intensive program for girls, trans youth and gender nonconforming youth. Youth leaders learn about issues related to transformative justice and reproductive justice, develop community based participatory action research projects, and are trained up to serve as peer educators. During 2022, the YAA initiative was put on pause as a new curriculum was being developed by staff, and during 2023 the decision was made to discontinue the YAA as a separate initiative, but instead combine the activity and resources into one program under the "Youth Leader Institute." 351129 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 7 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false SC X Markelle Evans 8435574958 4442 Rice Mill Dr North Charleston SC 29420 Tessa Torgovitsky Co-Director 30.00 0.00 X 56694 0 0 Markelle Evans Co-Director 30.00 0.00 X 56634 0 0 Marie Meyers CFO 30.00 0.00 X 46841 0 0 Danjai Smalls Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kristin Clark Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Katharine Young Chairperson 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 160169 0 false false false 0 248019 248019 0 0 0 0 0 250 250 250 250 0 0 0 0 248269 250 0 0 0 0 160169 113328 46841 0 182392 182392 0 21290 18379 2911 30613 26427 4186 0 0 8452 8452 0 0 0 0 0 0 924 924 0 25613 25613 0 0 0 0 0 0 5310 5310 Youth Campaign Expenses 5200 5200 Youth Leadership Institute 2038 2038 Program Materials & Supplies 1026 1026 Leadership Development 850 850 1513 1489 24 445390 351129 94261 0 279889 82768 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 279899 82778 0 0 X 279899 82778 279899 82778 279899 82778 -197121 X false false false X 239629 297775 584074 411803 248019 1781300 1039 2 1041 0 0 0 240668 297775 584074 411805 248019 1782341 0 0 1782341 0 0 0 0 240668 297775 584074 411805 248019 1782341 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part III, Line 3 During 2023, the decision was made to consolidate the Youth Action Alliance and the Youth Leadership Institute into one initiative. Thus, moving forward, all activity will be reported under the "Youth Leadership Institute" program. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.