2025-05-14T18:58:27-07:00 2024-06-30 811005081 CHEK TAN AND COMPANY LLP 309 4TH AVE STE 300 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118 990 2023-07-01 912134499 YOUTH SPEAKS INC YOUT 4152559035 265 SHOTWELL ST UNIT B SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110 Stephanie Cajina DEPUTY DIRECTOR 2025-05-14 true true YUNYU HUANG P02098957 4156738573 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Stephanie Cajina 2520230 false X www.youthspeaks.org X 1996 CA YOUTH SPEAKS CREATES SAFE SPACES TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, SELF-DEFINED ARTISTS, AND VISIONARY ACTIVISTS THROUGH WRITTEN AND ORAL LITERACIES. WE CHALLENGE YOUTH TO FIND, DEVELOP, PUBLICLY PRESENT, AND APPLY THEIR VOICES AS CREATORS OF SOCIETAL CHANGE. ULTIMATELY, WE HOPE TO SHIFT THE PERCEPTIONS OF YOUTH BY COMBATING ILLITERACY, ALIENATION, AND SILENCE, CREATING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF BRAVE NEW VOICES BRINGING THE NOISE FROM THE MARGINS TO THE CORE. SINCE 1996, YOUTH SPEAKS HAS CHAMPIONED A LOCALIZED, NATIONAL, AND INCREASINGLY GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE BOLDLY DECLARING THEMSELVES PRESENT. 12 12 21 17 0 4833242 2282818 159423 96860 85402 136803 5838 3749 5083905 2520230 0 0 1823983 1847349 0 513509 1112699 2052611 2936682 3899960 2147223 -1379730 9383494 8026958 902482 925977 8481012 7100981 X YOUTH SPEAKS CREATES SAFE SPACES TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, SELF-DEFINED ARTISTS, AND VISIONARY ACTIVISTS THROUGH WRITTEN AND ORAL LITERACIES. WE CHALLENGE YOUTH TO FIND, DEVELOP, PUBLICLY PRESENT, AND APPLY THEIR VOICES AS CREATORS OF SOCIETAL CHANGE. ULTIMATELY, WE HOPE TO SHIFT THE PERCEPTIONS OF YOUTH BY COMBATING ILLITERACY, ALIENATION, AND SILENCE, CREATING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF BRAVE NEW VOICES BRINGING THE NOISE FROM THE MARGINS TO THE CORE. SINCE 1996, YOUTH SPEAKS HAS CHAMPIONED A LOCALIZED, NATIONAL, AND INCREASINGLY GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE BOLDLY DECLARING THEMSELVES PRESENT. false false 2518503 NATIONAL & FIELD BUILDING PROGRAMS - (1) BRAVE NEW VOICES -- YOUTHSPEAKS FIRST FOUNDED THE BRAVE NEW VOICES (OR "BNV") FESTIVAL AS THENATIONAL YOUTH POETRY SLAM IN 1998, AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE LOCAL WORKIN THE BAY AREA. THE FIRST SLAM HAD FOUR TEAMS; WE NOW HAVE 55COMPETING TEAMS AND FIVE TO TEN NON-COMPETING TEAMS JOIN US EACH YEAR.BNV IS ABOUT BRINGING TOGETHER YOUNG POETS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE SOTHAT THEY CAN CREATE NEW PATHWAYS TOWARD ARTISTIC GROWTH, CIVICENGAGEMENT, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. BNV TAKES PLACE IN A DIFFERENT CITYEACH YEAR, AND REACHES UP TO 200,000 PEOPLE EACH FESTIVAL. BEGINNING INFY14, THE PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE BNV NETWORK INITIATIVE, ACOMPREHENSIVE MULTI-YEAR INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS ANDORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF ARTS EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH GRANTS, CONSULTING SERVICES, FELLOWSHIPS, AND OTHER RESOURCES,FROM WITHIN THE EXISTING BNV NETWORK AND BEYOND, TO BECOME STRONGER,MORE SUSTAINABLE, AND MORE IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS. (2) THE BIGGERPICTURE IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN YOUTH SPEAKS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OFCALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS DESIGNED TOCOMBAT THE RISING EPIDEMIC OF TYPE 2 DIABETES BY EMPOWERING YOUTH TOCHANGE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DISEASE, AND WORK TO CHANGE THESOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT HAVE LED TO ITS SPREAD,IN THE BAY AREA AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. WE AIM TO INSPIRE YOUNGPEOPLE TO CHALLENGE AND NAME THE INSTITUTIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ANDSOCIAL CAUSES OF TYPE 2 DIABETES. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT BY RAISING THEIRVOICE, TAKING ACTION AND JOINING THE CONVERSATION, THEY WILL INEVITABLYALTER THE TRAJECTORY OF THE DISEASE, AND PROVIDE YOUTH WITH A VIRTUALPLATFORM, AND REAL LIFE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR STORIES TOBE HEARD. (3) LIFE IS LIVING IS A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTTHAT TESTS IDEAS ABOUT ENGAGING YOUTH, PRESENTING PUBLIC ART, FOSTERINGLITERACY AND STORYTELLING, DEVELOPING ARTS AUDIENCES, ESTABLISHINGNON-TRADITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, TRANSFORMING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEMOVEMENT, AND CATALYZING COMMUNITY-BUILDING. 353361 BAY AREA PROGRAMS - EVERY TIME A THOUGHT IS PUT INTO WORDS, IT IS A CREATIVE ACT (THUS THE TERM, LANGUAGE ARTS). THE SAME WAY A STUDENT RECOGNIZES AND IS ABLE TO PRACTICE VISUAL ARTS BY LEARNING IMAGES, DRAWING, PAINTING, AND/OR SCULPTING, A PERSON'S LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPAND THE MORE S/HE COMMUNICATES IDEAS, PROBLEMS, FEELINGS, AND SOLUTIONS. OUR LOCAL PROGRAMMING SITS AT THE CORE OF YOUTH SPEAKS. PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR AFTER SCHOOL WORKSHOPS, IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, UNCER 21 OPEN MIC, BRINGING THE NOISE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., TEEN POETRY SLAM, UNIFIED DISTRICT POETRY CLAM, OAKLAND POET LAUREATE, QUEERIOSITY AND MC OLYMPICS, FULLY EMBODY OUR UNIQUE PEDAGOGY WHICH COMBINES ARTS EDUCATION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PERFORMANCE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR STRENGTH AS A NATIONAL LEADER IS INTRINSICALLY CONNECTED TO THE DEPTH AND EXCELLENCE OF OUR CORE LOCAL PROGRAMS AND PEDAGOGY. YOUTH SPEAKS IS ALSO ACTIVELY CREATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND PATHWAYS AS PART OF BAY AREA PROGRAM. WE DEVELOPED THE FIRST SOUND INSTITUTE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, TO BRING TOGETHER ARTISTS AND SECONDARY EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO OUR PEDAGOGY, OUR PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR ARTS DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. 101432 THEATER PROGRAM - YOUTH SPEAKS THEATER PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING LITERARY PERFORMANCE IN THE VERSE OF OUR TIME. AESTHETICALLY URBAN, PEDAGOGICALLY FREIREAN, OUR THEATER PROGRAM DERIVES PERSONAL PERFORMED NARRATIVES OUT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION. THOUGH ITS METHODOLOGY INCLUDES DANCE, MUSIC, AND FILM, THE COMPANY'S EMPHASIS IS SPOKEN STORYTELLING.WE SUPPORT THE CREATION OF VERSE-BASED WORK THAT IS SPOKEN THROUGH THE BODY, ILLUSTRATED BY VISUAL AND SONIC SCORES, AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUES AND MOVEMENTS OF THE IMMEDIATE MOMENT. YOUTH SPEAKS THEATER PROGRAM IS ALSO CENTRALLY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF THEATER ARTISTS, TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND LEADERS, INCLUDING WRITERS, DIRECTORS, PERFORMERS AND PRODUCERS, THROUGH OUR EMERGING ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP. EMERGING ARTISTS FELLOWS ARE ALUMNI OF YOUTH SPEAKS YOUTH PROGRAMS AND THE BRAVE NEW VOICES NETWORK. 37826 2973296 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 136 0 true 21 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false true true true true false CA X X Stephanie Cajina 4152559035 265 SHOTWELL ST UNIT B SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110 MICHELLE LEE Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 171602 0 0 LAURA BRIEF BOARD MEMBER 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 TONY FRANCIS Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JENNY FAN RAJ BOARD MEMBER 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 RENEE DUPREE CO-HAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 TIM HAYDOCK Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 EMILY LEYS VICE-CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CESAR LUNA BOARD MEMBER 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 COREY PONDER CO-HAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ALYSON PALMER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEN HEIFFERON BOARD MEMBER 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE COX BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHINAKA HODGE BOARD MEMBER 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 171602 1 false true false 0 1040222 1242596 2282818 ADMISSION/REGISTRATION 711130 47840 47840 CONTRACTED FEE 711190 49020 49020 TICKETS/MERCHANDISE SALES 711130 96860 136803 136803 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 3749 3749 3749 2520230 136803 100609 X 0 0 0 0 171602 114494 20023 37085 0 1424154 950205 166171 307778 0 126575 85196 13683 27696 125018 83413 14587 27018 0 0 0 0 0 0 1505699 1363589 83911 58199 7565 5735 1830 46968 21569 14910 10489 0 0 14176 11434 -1452 4194 141477 119658 18678 3141 0 0 35626 23770 4157 7699 0 13518 9019 1578 2921 25041 16707 2922 5412 HOSPITALITY AND RECEIPTION 69831 27729 35149 6953 Program Facilities 57150 57150 STIPENDS 38517 38317 200 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 31428 20057 2477 8894 65615 25254 34331 6030 3899960 2973296 413155 513509 655381 609004 3407074 3293021 2762722 1559584 24018 8826 0 0 0 0 10223 43434 1963578 134420 1827268 1829158 0 0 0 0 696808 683931 9383494 8026958 191747 211493 710735 714484 902482 925977 X 5092328 5821560 3388684 1279421 8481012 7100981 9383494 8026958 -1379730 -301 X false true X true false X 1763722 7386670 1892273 4822588 2282819 18148072 0 0 1763722 7386670 1892273 4822588 2282819 18148072 467508 17680564 2567 2567 0 35084 161603 569697 106955 100608 973947 19124586 868289 0.92450 0.75760 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1839351 44507 1794844 124227 89913 34314 1829158 OTHER ASSET 2000 RIGHT OF USE ASSETS 681931 683931 LEASE LIABILITIES 714484 714484 X 2520230 2520230 2520230 3899960 3899960 3899960 Part X : FIN48 Footnote Youth Speaks is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Youth Speaks in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Youth Speaks' returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. X false false false false false false false false false MICHELLE LEE Executive Dir. 171602 171602 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: YOUTH SPEAKS CONVENED A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF 10 NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA TO BE TRAINED IN THE DELIVERY OF BEST PRACTICES IN SPOKEN WORD PROGRAMMING BASED IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES. YOUTH SPEAKS ALSO PARTNERED WITH UCSFS CENTER FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO THE INCREASE OF TYPE II DIABETES IN CERTAIN POPULATIONS THROUGH CULTURAL WORK TO DRIVE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b STAFF PROVIDES AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE FORM 990 TO ALL MEMBERS OF ITS GOVERNING BODY TO SOLICIT COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE IRS. ONCE SUBMITTED TO THE IRS, THEY RECEIVE THE FINAL COPY. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IN ADDITION, KEY STAFF MONITOR COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA TO ENSURE THAT YOUTH SPEAKS' COMPENSATION IS FAIR AND APPROPRIATE.OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY YOUTH SPEAKS' SENIOR MANAGEMENT. STAFF ARE EVALUATED IN THE BEGINNING AND END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE COMPENSATION INCREASES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MERIT, COLA, AND NONPROFIT COMPARABILITY DATA. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS AVAIABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY REQUEST AND THROUGH VARIOUS ONLINE SOURCES, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA CULTURAL DATA PROJECT AND GUIDESTAR.