Youth With a Mission Mendocino Coast
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
This organization's mission is Christian evangelization, training and mercy ministry. We are a community dedicated to knowing God, and making him known.
- Income
- $439,556
- Spending
- $488,636
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- -1.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 62%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 21
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 36 out of 100. Higher than 6% of charities in its peer group (religion, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 77% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 11% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 27 out of 100. Higher than 8% of charities in its peer group (religion, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
5 of 253 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $464,206 spent. Each year we run 6 schools or training courses, each of them areregistered as a course or seminar with the University of the Nations. TheDiscipleship Training School (DTS) is the entry level course forparticipation in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) world wide. The DTS is a 5month course which includes a 3-month on-site lecture phase and a 2month missions practicum, usually in a foreign country. The purpose ofDTS is to produce personal transformation that prepares young people foreffective Christian service, with an emphasis on cross-cultural missions.We run two DTS's a year, one in the fall and one in the spring.
- Also offered each autumn is our Spirit and Truth Bible Seminar (STBS), a6 week immersion in Scripture. STBS is a secondary (post DTS) course.Each Spring (from the end of March to the end of May), we offer theSchool of Supernatural Missions (SSM). SSM focusses on knowing andexperiencing the Holy Spirit, and growing in the operation of thesupernatural spiritual gifts listed in Scripture, with an emphasis in their usein frontline missions work. Following the SSM, students and staff travelabroad to offer the IGNITE seminar, a condensed 3 week version of theSSM.
- Each summer our campus offers the 3 week BONFIRE missions intensivefor high school students, including a 2 week on site course and a 1 weekservice practicum usually to Vicente Guerrero, Mexico to assist a local ministry in building a simple home.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2011 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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