2025-10-22T13:37:03-07:00 2024-12-31 810773711 Pamela L Hill CPA PLLC 10300 Jollyville Rd Apt 724 Austin TX 78759 990 2024-01-01 461449556 Street Youth Ministry of Austin STRE 5125533796 7421 Burnet Rd Austin TX 78757 Terry Cole Chairman/Pres/Dir 5125533796 2025-10-22 true true Pamela Hill CPA P00747765 5126260710 2025-10-22 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Terry Cole 7421 Burnet Rd 264 Austin TX 78757 619068 false X www.SYMin.org X 2012 TX To know,love and serve homeless youth and young adults so they achieve more stability, sobriety and social and economic well-being.We provide physical relief to help meet immediate needs,but guidance conseling is our primary aim. 4 3 9 600 0 0 841147 596648 0 18184 22420 0 859331 619068 134961 202938 0 352588 386841 4200 2025 16413 197571 167278 689320 759082 170011 -140014 993641 798459 114765 59291 878876 739168 X To know, love and serve homeless youth and young adults so they achieve more stability, sobriety and social and economic well-being. We provide physical relief to help meet immediate needs, but guidance counseling is our primary aim. false false 580007 202938 0 Client Services: Street Youth Ministry (SYMin) serves street-dependent youth (clients) with three strategies: meet them where they are and provide some physical relief,engaged them in our core services where we build relationships, and help them make changes to their lives as they set goals and priorities for growth, healing and recovery. In 2024, SYMin completed its first year of operation in our newly rented facility in North Central Austin, after six years of renting space near the University of Texas. Prior to 2017 we operated entirely with pop-up events in borrowed facilities. To assure a smooth transition, we continued to visit our old neighborhood twice a week in truck-based outreach as well as continued our San Marcos outreach Continued on Schedule O 52403 0 0 Volunteer Services: SYMin organizes and trains workers through our volunteer program. The pandemic and our move impacted volunteerism. In 2024, 507 volunteers (down 25%) contributed 5,013 hours (down 2%). Volunteers made over 1,500 deliveries of food, clothing, and supplies with an estimated impact of $185,743 (up 24%). This was the year volunteerism returned in a big way. 149 helpers served directly or behind the scenes (up 62%), contributing 934 hours (down 67%). Another group of 364 in-kind volunteers (up from 302) gave 3,687 hours (up 45%) and $77,458 of food (up 227%), allowing us to provide food on all outreach encounters, 3,089 food bags, and 1,793 meals.They also provided $94,027 (down 2%) in clothing and supplies. We began a laundry program with a local laundromat and paid for over 200 loads to improve clothing reuse. We also launder clothing left behind by clients. Service projects for groups and sponsorship of themed Friday Fun Days resumed. 44195 0 0 Public Awareness: Our public awareness program raises visibility for street youth, who are often invisible and under-served. We tell stories from the street, use media, speak publicly, and engage schools. We resumed speaking opportunities, provide downloadable and printed resources, lead service projects, supply speakers, and publish newsletters. Our newsletter base grew 9% to 7,709 with very low unsubscribe rates. The base includes 3,053 quarterly newsletter subscribers, 973 prayer letter subscribers, 1,729 volunteer letter subscribers, 297 collaborator letter subscribers, 575 SMS program subscribers, and 1,082 direct mail recipients. We have 2,651 Facebook followers (flat). Print remains our fastest-growing medium as we monitor communication preferences in a changing landscape. 40280 0 0 See Schedule O above for description 40280 0 0 716885 true true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 9 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X X Beverly Grass 5125533796 7421 Burnet Rd 264 Austin TX 78757 Terry Cole Chairman/President 40.00 X X 116178 0 19198 David Norris Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Harriett Choffel Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Paul Mowry Treasurer- resigned 2/2025 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Clark Weatherby Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 116178 0 19198 1 false false false 596648 179973 596648 22420 0 22420 619068 0 0 22420 202938 202938 111376 96118 4344 10914 236265 235977 0 288 14071 14071 0 0 25129 24124 519 486 19103 0 19103 0 2025 2025 15282 14032 1180 70 9966 8398 638 930 12000 12000 0 0 57155 57155 0 0 4636 4636 0 0 4 4 0 0 Internships 28671 28671 0 0 Software 11372 10235 0 1137 Public education 8526 8526 0 0 Other 563 0 0 563 759082 716885 25784 16413 496414 227209 398612 520930 15461 4387 1045 995 1831 2137 80278 42801 993641 798459 34627 18310 80138 40981 114765 59291 X 853333 733448 25543 5720 878876 739168 993641 798459 -140014 306 X false true X true false X 0 708828 725376 566090 841147 596648 3438089 0 0 708828 725376 566090 841147 596648 3438089 281985 3156104 883 112 3788 18184 22420 45387 0 0 3483476 0.90600 0.87430 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Operating lease right of use asset 39301 Deposits 3500 42801 Operating lease liability 40981 40981 623074 306 3700 4006 619068 619068 762782 3700 3700 759082 759082 true Food and Clothing 2089 200256 FMV Food and Clothing Financial Support 52 2681 2681 Cash Value Pre-paid phone cards/grocery gift cards Pt I Line 2 The organization maintains records in a database and records clients attendance at events where benefits are disbursed. The organization has a CRM that includes features for tracking all outbountd funding requests, approvals, and payments. Terry Cole Chairman/President 12000 Royalties false X 93927 X 393 77458 X Software 7 8588 false false false Other Form 990,Part III, line 4a:as well as continued our San Marcos outreach and three other established outreach sites in downtown Austin weekly. Our previous building location was no longer available for long-term rental. In 2024 we served 2,089 unique clients (up 31%). Of those, we served 500 within our age range, our primary focus (up 11%). We serve overage people only on outreach because it helps us attract and meet clients in our age range. Our outreach brings us into regular contact with many community homeless of all ages, and we provide what help we can without defocusing our teams, efforts, and impact. In Austin outreach, we reach 4.2 clients in our age range by serving 20 people total. San Marcos has an even stronger figure of 6.2 young clients per 20 people served. We utilize donated resources rather than funds in serving those overages. We met 1,412 new homeless individuals overall, up 12% from the previous year, and 284 new clients in our age range, up 15% from the prior year. This continues a streak of two years with very high new client intake. We met an average of 29.2 new clients each week overall and 5.7 per week in our age range. For all of 2024 we provided indoor services (as we did pre-pandemic and before our move) and a mix of outreach in other locations, including outreach in six or more locations weekly, access to our Sunshine Store for clothing, showers, and supplies twice a day, several weekly events for healthy fun and relationship building in our Event Center, and nine weekly groups in our Learning Center to foster growth and healing. In December 2023 we began planning the transplant of these services to our newly leased location so they would be recognizable and available on the same schedule but in the new facility. We also added outreach in the old neighborhood several times a week to help clients transition and maintain contact. Our drop-in services (including the Sunshine Store and Event Center) served 150 unique clients in the new location, down by one from the prior year, which is remarkable given the change of location. We provided 95 food pantry bags to clients who had moved into housing and 365 camping food bags to clients still living in shelters or on the streets. We transitioned from hybrid groups in the middle of the year since most participants are in-person, serving 81 unique clients, the same quantity as before the move. Our Help Line served 236 people (up 6%) with resource information and referrals. Our learn and earn incentives program had 98 clients earning points (down 10%). Outreach focused on delivery of essentials, referrals to needed services, and on-the-spot guidance to 1,683 people of any age in Austin (up 30%) and 221 in San Marcos (up 38%). We distributed 2,629 outreach bags (up 48%) to people of all ages on the streets. All four types of our service are designed to build relationships and rapport, including events such as weekly Game Night, Talent Night, and Friday Fun Day, which feature community guests or organizations and a theme. Our groups cultivate a desire for stability, sobriety, reconnection with God, and a faith home, including Bible Study, Prayer Group, two Peer Support sessions weekly, a book club hour, and two weekly Computer Labs featuring our Learn and Earn soft skills classes. SYMin staff and volunteers witnessed for Christ 950 times (up 27%). We had 13,581 interactions with clients (up 4%) and 2,258 in-depth visits (up 13%). We shared 8,912 prayer requests from 1,251 clients with our prayer team (up 20%). In 2024, 225 clients in our age range when first served achieved goals, up 7%. We had deep engagement with 25% of our clients (down 21%) as defined by at least 40 hours of service and 10 deep conversations. Of those engaged clients, 99% achieved goals to change their lives, the same as last year. By comparison, only 28% of the less-engaged group achieved goals (down 1%). Those who engage with our team are 3.6 times more likely to be making changes (up from 3.4). Client contacts are diverse: 12% Black, 30% Hispanic, 31% female. Median age is 24. 8% are teenagers, 38% are 20-24, and 48% are 25-28. Other Form 990, Part III, Line 4d:SYMin trains future leaders through its paid internship program. Interns receive a 10-week experience leading volunteer-based, urban poverty-informed ministries. The program includes a textbook on street youth culture, weekly video discussions, training handouts, a weekly project, and hands-on work. In 2024, we trained seven interns (down 53%). Several stayed for second terms, reducing the unique number of interns. We eliminated San Marcos-based interns and instead asked Austin interns to travel to San Marcos, improving training and client outcomes. All internships are paid to increase diversity. Interns received 135 hours of training and provided 1,627 hours of work (equal to one full-time team member). Pt VI, Line 11b The Form 990 is first reviewed by the President and then it is provided to the Board of Directors for their review. Upon receiving approval, the Form 990 is completed for filing. The file copy is signed and filed electronically. Pt VI, Line 12c Annually, directors and officers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest via written acknowledgement. In addition, interested parties must abstain from discussions and voting on possible conflicts during Board meetings. The independent members of the Board of Directors investigate alternatives, determine whether the transaction is in the best interest of the organization, and vote on any possible action. Pt VI, Line 15a In establishing compensation for the President, the independent directors vote on the wages and benefits offered. All decisions of the Board are fully documented in the minutes of the Board of Directors. Pt VI, Line 19 The governing documents, financials statements, and conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request. Additionally, the organization provides a copy of its Form 990 to GuideStar. A link to the Form 990 is provided on our website. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d See Schedule O above for description 40280. 0. 0.