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Filing year 2023

Young Life

Colorado Springs, Colorado·EIN 84-0385934·NTEE O550 · Youth Development·3
Total revenue
$505M
Total assets
$415.7M
Total expenses
$488.6M
Reported officers
40
Mission

Young Life is a ministry to help adolescents around the world become exposed to the person of Jesus Christ. This is accomplished in a variety of ways designed to provide personal, religious experiences. Included are weekly club meetings, small group Bible studies, nationwide camping programs, short-term missions, and student exchange programs.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 14 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$621k
$680k
SVP Global Cities Initiative
senior vice president
$393k
$431k
Group Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$355k
$388k
Senior Area Developer
highest compensated employee
$307k
$336k
Chief Foundation Officer
highest compensated employee
$301k
$329k
Field Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$300k
$329k
Field Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$285k
$312k
Group Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$283k
$310k
Svp, Camping
senior vice president
$243k
$266k
Chief Operating Officer
$242k
$265k
Vice President/secretary
$238k
$261k
$206k
$226k
Vice President/assistant Secretary
$183k
$200k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 26 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Youth Development

Up 2%
from 2022

From $608k in 2022 to $621k in 2023.

$608k
2022
$621k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$694k to $680k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

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

Revenue and expenses over time

Young Life reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$491.8M
$442M
2022
$505M
$488.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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 140 organizations across 140 filings (2022 – 2024).

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