Youth United for Community Action

EIN: 208221895 501(c)(3) Youth Development

East Palo Alto, CA

Total Revenue
$662,027
Total Expenses
$567,974
Total Assets
$2,703,768
Net Assets
$2,703,768
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Organization Details

Formation Year
2001
Legal Domicile
CA
Principal Officer
Dalila Adofo
Phone
6503229165
Tax Period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31

Youth United for Community Action, founded in 2001, is a small nonprofit in the Youth Development sector that reported $662K in total revenue in fiscal year 2025. Revenue fell 27% from the prior year — a significant decline worth monitoring. Expenses of $568K left a modest 14% surplus.

Mission

Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), a grassroots community organization created, led, and run by young people of color, the majority from low-income communities, provides a safe space for young people to empower ourselves and work on environmental and social justice issues to establish positive systemic change through grassroots community organizing.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $205,000

The Higher Learning Program was launched in June 1997 to serve the growing number of high school aged youth. The Higher Learning Program (HL) was initiated by high school youth in East Palo Alto to...

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The Higher Learning Program was launched in June 1997 to serve the growing number of high school aged youth. The Higher Learning Program (HL) was initiated by high school youth in East Palo Alto to help support and develop young people as active leaders in the community. As a result, HL EPA brings high school aged youth together in a healthy and safe environment where they can identify and explore issues affecting them as young people and as members of their communities. Once an issue has been identified, the youth research and evaluate the root causes of the specific issue and develop/implement action plans to productively address this issue. This year there were two campaigns, a housing justice campaign and an environmental justice campaign.

Program 2
Expenses: $205,000

Developing Leaders: Since its inception, YUCA believes that the people who are most affected should be the driving force to determining and bringing about their own solution. YUCA was founded on the...

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Developing Leaders: Since its inception, YUCA believes that the people who are most affected should be the driving force to determining and bringing about their own solution. YUCA was founded on the belief that the most effective youth program should include the intense involvement of young people at all levels of the organization. As a result, representing our constituency, YUCA is led and run at all levels entirely by young people of color, majority low-income, majority women, thus providing an opportunity for us to define our own needs, determine our own vision, and implement it. Through intense leadership development that is grounded in real-time community organizing, young people at YUCA prove that youth are not just the promise of the future, but all the possibilities of the present.

Program 3
Expenses: $45,516

Organizing the Community: As a community, East Palo Alto has a rich history of movement. It is a history borne out of struggle and the self-determined imagination of the Black Power movement whose...

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Organizing the Community: As a community, East Palo Alto has a rich history of movement. It is a history borne out of struggle and the self-determined imagination of the Black Power movement whose struggles led by other peoples of color are also driven by. But the spirit of organizing is well and alive in our community. These are the footsteps that young people from YUCA follow in order to carve our own paths. Young people from YUCA are principled fighters and leaders who put our words and ideals to action. Since 1994, YUCA youth have taken on pressing community issues - whether it is environmental racism, tenant rights, or juvenile justice. YUCA youth currently work on two campaigns: 1) to promote environmental health, justice, and anti-displacement principles in land use planning policies, and 2) to promote thriving school environments aiming to increase high school graduation rates and preparing students for college or career.

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Financial Overview (2025)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $442,761
Program Service Revenue $250
Investment Income $214,816
Other Revenue $4,200
TOTAL REVENUE $662,027

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $7,660
Salaries & Benefits $310,294
Fundraising Expenses $53,880
Program Expenses $455,516
Other Expenses $250,020
TOTAL EXPENSES $567,974

Year-over-Year Comparison

2025 2024 Change
Revenue $662,027 $906,092 -0.3%
Expenses $567,974 $516,379 +0.1%
Net Income $94,053 $389,713 -0.8%
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Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
5
Independent Members
5
Employees
7
Volunteers
15

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
4
$76,236
Total Directors
5
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Kenia Najar Miranda Executive Dir. 40.00
Officer
$76,236 $0 $76,236
Dalila Adofo Board Chair 0.62
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Thomas Williams Secretary 0.50
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Heleine Grewe Treasurer 0.50
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Iliana Nicholas Director 0.04
Director
$0 $0 $0
Ofelia Bello Director 0.04
Director
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2025 $662,027 $567,974 $2,703,768 $94,053
2024 $906,092 $516,379 $3,028,622 $389,713
2023 $648,277 $489,860 $2,629,573 $158,417
2022 $603,372 $464,840 $2,471,156 $138,532
2021 $1,777,761 $379,952 $2,332,624 $1,397,809
2020 $550,681 $381,596 $486,230 $169,085
2019 $377,421 $309,643 $317,145 $67,778
2018 $372,228 $298,039 $249,367 $74,189
2017 $272,055 $229,745 $175,179 $42,310
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