Nonprofit · EIN 20-8221895
YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
Tax-exempt · E PALO ALTO, CA 94303
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $662,027 | $567,974 | $94,053 | $2,703,768 | $0 | $2,703,768 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $906,092 | $516,379 | $389,713 | $3,028,622 | $459,336 | $2,569,286 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $648,277 | $489,860 | $158,417 | $2,629,573 | $450,000 | $2,179,573 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $442,761
- of which government grants
- $87,600
- Program service revenue
- $250
- Investment income
- $214,816
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $190,395
- Other revenue
- $4,200
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $7,660
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $76,236
- Other salaries and wages
- $154,564
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $310,294
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $13,906
- Occupancy
- $38,167
- Travel
- $9,729
- Depreciation
- $25,493
- Program services (functional)
- $455,516
- Management and general (functional)
- $58,578
- Fundraising (functional)
- $53,880
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,028,622
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,703,768
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,703,768
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $650,064
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,703,768
- Gross receipts
- $1,071,632
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 2001
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenia Najar Miranda | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $76,236 |
| Dalila Adofo | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 0.62 | $0 |
| Thomas Williams | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Heleine Grewe | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Iliana Nicholas | Director Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 |
| Ofelia Bello | Director Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenia Najar Miranda | Exec Director Trustee or director | 40 | $9,197 |
| Heleine Grewe | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Thomas Williams | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Braulio Gonzalez | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Dalila Adofo | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofelia Bello | Exec Director Trustee or director | 40 | $71,408 |
| Melvin Gaines | Bd Chairman Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Heleine Grewe | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Thomas Williams | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Braulio Gonzalez | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Dalila Adofo | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2135 CLARKE AVE, E PALO ALTO, CA 94303-1919
- In care of
- % ISABEL LOYA
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Dalila Adofo, 2135 Clarke Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Signed the 990
- Dalila Adofo, Board Chair
- Phone
- (650) 322-9165
- Website
- youthunited.net
- Return prepared by
- Eva 990 & Associates
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 20-8221895 or by the name YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), a grassroots community organization created, led, and run by young people of color, the majority from low-income communities, provides a safe space for young people to empower ourselves and work on environmental and social justice issues to establish positive systemic change through grassroots community organizing.
Program accomplishments
- The Higher Learning Program was launched in June 1997 to serve the growing number of high school aged youth. The Higher Learning Program (HL) was initiated by high school youth in East Palo Alto to help support and develop young people as active leaders in the community. As a result, HL EPA brings high school aged youth together in a healthy and safe environment where they can identify and explore issues affecting them as young people and as members of their communities. Once an issue has been identified, the youth research and evaluate the root causes of the specific issue and develop/implement action plans to productively address this issue. This year there were two campaigns, a housing justice campaign and an environmental justice campaign.Expenses $205,000
- Developing Leaders: Since its inception, YUCA believes that the people who are most affected should be the driving force to determining and bringing about their own solution. YUCA was founded on the belief that the most effective youth program should include the intense involvement of young people at all levels of the organization. As a result, representing our constituency, YUCA is led and run at all levels entirely by young people of color, majority low-income, majority women, thus providing an opportunity for us to define our own needs, determine our own vision, and implement it. Through intense leadership development that is grounded in real-time community organizing, young people at YUCA prove that youth are not just the promise of the future, but all the possibilities of the present.Expenses $205,000
- Organizing the Community: As a community, East Palo Alto has a rich history of movement. It is a history borne out of struggle and the self-determined imagination of the Black Power movement whose struggles led by other peoples of color are also driven by. But the spirit of organizing is well and alive in our community. These are the footsteps that young people from YUCA follow in order to carve our own paths. Young people from YUCA are principled fighters and leaders who put our words and ideals to action. Since 1994, YUCA youth have taken on pressing community issues - whether it is environmental racism, tenant rights, or juvenile justice. YUCA youth currently work on two campaigns: 1) to promote environmental health, justice, and anti-displacement principles in land use planning policies, and 2) to promote thriving school environments aiming to increase high school graduation rates and preparing students for college or career.Expenses $45,516
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-8221895
- 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
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Youth development (O50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,703,768
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,071,632
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $662,027 | $567,974 | $2,703,768 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $906,092 | $516,379 | $3,028,622 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $648,277 | $489,860 | $2,629,573 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $603,372 | $464,840 | $2,471,156 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 20-8221895).
Questions about YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
- What is the EIN of YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION is 20-8221895.
- Is YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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 YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Dalila Adofo.
- Who are the officers and directors of YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 6 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $76,236 (Kenia Najar Miranda, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $662,027, expenses of $567,974 and total assets of $2,703,768 at year end.
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