Nonprofit · EIN 62-1813001
YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC
Tax-exempt (reinstated) · MEMPHIS, TN 38107
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $525,559 | $476,426 | $49,133 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $520,978 | $489,445 | $31,533 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $555,494 | $475,108 | $80,386 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $280,808
- Program service revenue
- $244,751
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $208,864
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $238,213
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $62,565
- Travel
- $17,526
- Depreciation
- $33,565
- Program services (functional)
- $447,077
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $0
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $0
- Gross receipts
- $0
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 2015
- State of legal domicile
- TN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRYSTI CHANDLER | PRESIDENT CEO Trustee or director, Key employee | 8 | $0 |
| SABRINA NORWOOD | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Institutional trustee, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| TYRONNE CURRIE | DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 2 | $0 |
| MELANIE TAYLOR | CHAIR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| TENELA BLAKNEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LOU EVANS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TRACI KOLHEIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ASHUNFRA BARNES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CRYSELLE JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRYSTI CHANDLER | FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer, Key employee | – | $100,769 | $40 |
| SABRINA NORWOOD | DIRECTOR Officer, Key employee | 40 | $91,538 | $0 |
| TYRONE CURRIE | BOAR VICE CHAIR Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHUNDRA BERNARD | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ATT MELANIE TAYLOR JEFFERSON | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CRYSTELLE JONES | BOARD TREASURER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TENELA BLKNEY | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LOU EVANS | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TRACI KOLHEIM | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MS DEBRA MITCHELL | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MS CHARLES MOORE | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DR CHARITA CHAMPION | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FENTON WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARBINA NORWORD | DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $23,400 |
| CHRISTI J CHANDLER | PRESIDENT | 40 | $23,400 |
| ASHUNDRA BERNARD | DIRECTOR | 40 | $0 |
| TENELA BLAKNEY | DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| TYRONE CURRIE | 20 | – | $0 |
| CRYSTEE JONES | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| LOU EVANS | BOARD MEMBER | 20 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 619 N 7TH ST, MEMPHIS, TN 38107-3721
- In care of
- % CHRYSTI CHANDLER
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- SABRINA NORWOOD, 10187 FOX HUNT DR, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 38654
- Signed the 990
- AUSTIN EMEAGWAI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (901) 690-2377
- Website
- HTTPS://WWW.YAGMEMPHIS.COM
- Return prepared by
- DR AUSTIN EMEAGWAI CPA
Mission
ARTS ENGAGEMENT THROUGH YOUNG ACTORS GUILD POSITIVELY IMPACTS STUDENTS ACROSS ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL DOMAINS. PARTICIPATION IN STRUCTURED YAG PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS HAS SHOWN: IMPROVED LITERACY, MATH ENGAGEMENT, AND CRITICAL THINKING REDUCED DISCIPLINARY INCIDENTS AND INCREASE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE STRENGTHENED EMOTIONAL REGULATION, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED OUTLETS FOR EXPRESSION AND HEALING FOR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN YAG, THE ARTS CAN SERVE AS A STABILIZING FORCEOFFERING CONSISTENCY, MENTORSHIP, AND PURPOSE DURING NON-SCHOOL HOURS. CREATES SAFE, SUPERVISED SPACES DURING PEAK UNSUPERVISED HOURS REINFORCES POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CARING ADULTS AND MENTORS ELEVATES STUDENT VOICE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY STRENGTHENS SCHOOL-COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THE ACADEMY LEVERAGES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY AND FAMILIARITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
Program accomplishments
- FOUNDER CHRYSTI CHANDLER RECEIVED THE 2026 HUMANITARIAN AWARD FROM THE MEMPHIS CITY COUNCIL FOUNDER CHRYSTI CHANDLER NAMED A WOMEN OF PASSION BY THE WOMENS FOUNDATION FOUNDER CHRYSTI CHANDLER HONORED BY THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL TOP 10 PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MEMPHIS YAG ALUMNI - MUSICIAN CHARLES STREETER WHOS PLAYED WITH CHAKA KHAN, J. LO, AND PRINCE YAG ALUMNI - SHE STREET WHOS DANCED WITH MISSEY ELLIOT AND AT THE SUPER BOWL YAG ALUMNI - GEDEON MCKINNEY FROM AMERICAN IDOL YAG ALUMNI - ALEXIS GRACE FROM AMERICAN IDOL YAG ALUMNI - LIL BUCK FROM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, SUPER BOWL, AND LEXUS AND APPLE COMMERCIALS YAG EVVIE MCKINNEY WINNER OF THE FOUR AND MOTOWN RECORDING ARTIST, YAG ALUMNI - JAYLON HUNTER DISNEY AND BROADWAYS LION KING, BROADWAYS MJ THE MUSICAL YAG ALUMNI - JOSHUA STRONG / MYA HAWKINS ACCEPTED INTO JOFFREY BALLET YAG HAS A 98 GRADUATION RATE FROM COLLEGE YAG STUDENTS HAVE PERFORMED FOR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT KAMAL HARRIS, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, ALVIN AILEY, DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM, AND THE APOLLO THEATRExpenses $488,325 · grants $280,808 · revenue $525,559
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990. The IRS master file lists the 990-N (e-Postcard), most likely because of 990-Ns filed under this EIN; its own returns are e-filed. 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
- 62-1813001
- 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
- 2015
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B90)
Revocation and reinstatement
- Exemption revoked
- May 15, 2010
- Posted by the IRS
- June 9, 2011
- Reinstated
- Effective May 15, 2010
From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $525,559 | $476,426 | $0 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $520,978 | $489,445 | $0 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $555,494 | $475,108 | $0 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $0 | $366,613 | $0 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 62-1813001).
Questions about YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC
- What is the EIN of YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC is 62-1813001.
- Is YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on May 15, 2010 and reinstated it effective May 15, 2010.
- Are donations to YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC file?
- Form 990. The IRS master file lists the 990-N (e-Postcard), most likely because of 990-Ns filed under this EIN; its own returns are e-filed.
- When is the next return of YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC 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 YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC 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 YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names SABRINA NORWOOD.
- Who are the officers and directors of YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does YOUNG ACTORS GUILD INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $525,559, expenses of $476,426 and total assets of $0 at year end.
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