Nonprofit · EIN 74-6082602
YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON
Tax-exempt · HOUSTON, TX 77057
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,684,658 | $928,855 | $755,803 | $4,476,898 | $6,400 | $4,470,498 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,696,084 | $1,143,089 | $552,995 | $3,619,538 | $355 | $3,619,183 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,063,390
- of which government grants
- $370,900
- Program service revenue
- $499,655
- Investment income
- $121,613
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $108,150
- Other salaries and wages
- $86,487
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $217,568
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $25,048
- Occupancy
- $33,030
- Program services (functional)
- $868,044
- Management and general (functional)
- $59,206
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,605
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,619,538
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,476,898
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,400
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,470,498
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,782,391
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,470,498
- Gross receipts
- $1,684,658
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 127
- Year formed
- 1956
- State of legal domicile
- TX
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Wells McGee | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Katherine Veletsos | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Sanvita Sample | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Rodolfo Cooper III | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Josie Morgan | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Kay Edwards | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Karkowsky | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Brea May | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Megan Schmid | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Sharp | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Kelly Gerstenhaber | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Donna Haynes | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Leslie D Blanton | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JaNeika Smith Boone | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Alexa Valencia | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Wells McGee | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Katherine Veletsos | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Sanvita Sample | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Rodolfo Cooper III | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Josie Morgan | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Karkowsky | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Judy Liu | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Brea May | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Megan Schmid | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Sharp | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kelly Gerstenhaber | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Donna Haynes | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Leslie D Blanton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JaNeika Smith Boone | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Alexa Valencia | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 675 BERING DR STE 300, HOUSTON, TX 77057-2273
- In care of
- % MARY CURRY METTENBRINK
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Mary Mettenbrink, 675 Bering Dr, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77057
- Signed the 990
- Mary Mettenbrink, Chief Executive Officer
- Phone
- (713) 520-9264
- Website
- www.yahouston.org
Mission
The mission of Young Audiences of Houston is to educate and inspire children through the arts, to make the arts an integral part of the school curriculum, and to advance the field of arts in education through professional development and community partnerships.
Program accomplishments
- ARTS and CULTURAL PERFORMANCES: Young Audiences of Houston offers, diverse arts in education performance programming for students in an assembly setting. These innovative programs introduce students to the arts through a balance of demonstrations and student interaction. All programs are aligned with the Texas State curricula (TEKS) and offers curriculum ties, classroom activities and discussion ideas, extension activities, program goals and objectives, vocabulary words, and teacher/parent resources. ARTS-INTEGRATION RESIDENCIES: Young Audiences of Houston residencies are tailored to each site and offer experiences implemented by specially trained artists in dance, music, theatre and visual arts/digital media. Young Audiences of Houston arts-integration experts create and deliver programming options that align core-curriculum concepts and the arts. With campus educations, teaching artist co-deliver arts based strategies that support the educational goals of the campus and students. ARTS IN EDUCATION WORKSHOPS: One time, hands-on workshops bring individual artist into a classroom setting where they encourage students to actively discover their creative potential. During the 2024-2025 year, Young Audiences served 289,812 children through 2,592 Programs at 269 sites, in partnership with 192 artists.Expenses $469,715 · revenue $338,902
- ARTS-PROMISE PROGRAMS: Young Audiences of Houston's Art-Promise initiative specifically supports students who struggle in a traditional education setting. Often they are creative and inventive learners who need a vehicle for their own inspiration through the arts. Approximately 99% of the children served are designated at-risk for academic failure; this research-based intervention provides a positive outlet for youth. COME AND EXPLORE, SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM: This program is an innovative approach to systemic issues around access and equity for underserved communities, schools, and children in Houston. Through mentor leadership teams comprised of area high school students and local teaching artists and community arts partner organizations, students are supported through grade level and academically assigned content that allows for a personalized learning approach to education. The Come and Explore network of collaborative experiences provide children and their families with both in the program and at-home activities to reduce barriers to summer learning loss and engages a whole-child approach to learning and creativity. Young Audiences of Houston's programs serve 87% economically disadvantaged children, 89% at Title 1 Schools, and 38% English Language Learners.Expenses $186,105 · revenue $74,948
- HEALING ARTS PROGRAMS: For more than 35 years our organization has partnered with local children's hospitals and specialized treatment centers serving children to provide free Young Audiences of Houston programming for children undergoing treatment. The goal of Young Audiences of Houston's Healing arts programming is to use the tremendous power of the arts to spread joy, give hope, manage pain, support treatment, and leave positive memories for hospitalized children and their caregivers. In addition, many hospitalized children are required to be out of school for extended periods of time. Young Audiences' Healing Arts programs also serve homeless youth facing challenges and tackling issues; the arts become a valuable tool for creation, discovery, expression, hope, and healing. DISCOVERY ARTS PROGRAMS were introduced in response to the community's need for specialized art programming for children with learning differences and/or physical disabilities, such as those associated with Autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy, among other causes. Young Audiences of Houston aligns program content with Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) academic standards, exposing youth to a vast array of tailored, therapeutic arts experiences that develop skills in the five Core SEL Competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making.Expenses $212,224 · revenue $85,805
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 74-6082602
- 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
- 1967
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B112)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,476,898
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,684,658
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,684,658 | $928,855 | $4,476,898 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,696,084 | $1,143,089 | $3,619,538 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,630,281 | $1,339,344 | $2,941,062 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 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 74-6082602).
Questions about YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON
- What is the EIN of YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON is 74-6082602.
- Is YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1967.
- Are donations to YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON 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 YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Mary Mettenbrink.
- Who are the officers and directors of YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,684,658, expenses of $928,855 and total assets of $4,476,898 at year end.
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