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Filing year 2024

YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Denver, Colorado·EIN 74-2513428·NTEE O530 · Youth Development·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$4.8M
Total assets
$19.9M
Total expenses
$4.7M
Reported officers
10

Executive compensation

Form 990-PF · Part VIII · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Percentile bands compare each position's total pay with the same role at Youth Development organizations in Colorado.

Pres. & CEO
Median to 75th percentile
$139k
$149k
Cntlr&treas.
Unclassified
$38k
$40k
VP Admin
Board Vice President
10th to 25th percentilevs Youth Development peers nationwide
$18k
$19k
SVP of Finan
Senior Vice President
Below 10th percentilevs all sectors nationwide
$16k
$17k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Youth Development

Pay in context

Top pay as a share of expenses

In 2024, the highest total compensation at YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION equaled 3% of the organization's total expenses. The median for youth development organizations is 11%.

This organization (2024)
3%
Sector median
11%
Middle half of sector
5% to 21%

Based on 5,229 youth development organizations, each measured at its most recent filing year with reported expenses and compensation.

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$2.3M

Itemized grants

2

Median grant

$1.2M

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
YOUNG AMERICANS BANKDENVER, COGRANT FOR OPERATIONS$1.9M
YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FIN EDUDENVER, COGRANT FOR OPERATIONS$396k

Funded by

Private foundations whose Form 990-PF Part XV grants matched this organization.

$2.5M
$2.4M
$1.8M
$614k

Down 73%
from 2023

From $509k in 2023 to $139k in 2024.

$509k
2023
$139k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 73% in real terms$559k to $149k

Estimated with Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Pay for the position

Chief Executive Officer pay fell 73% from 2023 to 2024, while revenue rose 37%.

$509k in 2023 to $139k in 2024.
  • Board Vice President pay rose 4% from 2023 to 2024.

Pay for the position itself, not any one person. The officeholder may have changed between 2023 and 2024.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.5M
$3.5M
2023
$4.8M
$4.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($10M - $25M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Youth Development executives earn in Colorado

Comparable youth development organizations in Colorado pay their highest-earning executive a median of $80,782.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$80,782
75th percentile
$126k
90th percentile
$163k

These are youth development sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 144 organizations across 144 filings (2022 – 2024).

See full Youth Development pay data for Colorado
FAQ

Common questions about YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION

What does the Chief Executive Officer of YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION earn?

In 2024, the Chief Executive Officer of YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION received $138,991 in total compensation. This pay is above the median (the midpoint) for Chief Executive Officer roles among Youth Development organizations in Colorado, within the top half of comparable filings. Based on IRS Form 990 data.

How does Chief Executive Officer pay at YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION compare with similar nonprofits?

Compared with the same role at Youth Development organizations in Colorado, the 2024 pay of the Chief Executive Officer at YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION falls between the median and the 75th percentile. In 2024, the highest total compensation at YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION equaled 3% of the organization's total expenses. The median for youth development organizations is 11%.

What are YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION reported $4.8M in total revenue and $4.7M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($10M - $25M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.