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US nonprofit · EIN 134166295 · Los Angeles, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 134166295) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2018.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Better Youth Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$210k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$210k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
4.4y av
Staff
21
32 volunteers
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Magali Lamourelle
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Better Youth Inc's network

4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Magali Lamourelle ChairChair2022
4 yrs
Mark LaroucheTreasurer2022
4 yrs
Naomi ManningBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Robin MayemuraVice Chair2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Johna RiversProgram Managersince 2019
Larry HughesCFO2024
Shawn JacksonDirector of Operationsince 2019
Sydnee StewartExecutive Directorsince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sydnee StewartCEO50$120k
Larry HughesCFO15$32k
Magali LamourelleChair4$0
Robin MayemuraVice Chair3$0
Mark LaroucheTreasurer3$0
Naomi ManningBoard Member2$0

About

Legal name
Better Youth Inc
EIN
134166295
Address
1465 Tamarind Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90028-8412
State
California
Mission
We provide access, equity, and validation to foster and system impacted youth creatives ages 16-24 through media arts programming and mentoring helping them bridge the digital divide and develop their creative confidence, upleveling our youth through pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship career pathways in digital storytelling. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
O30 Youth development
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Youth Development
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2001
Principal officer
Sydnee Stewart (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2001
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsMagali Lamourelle
≥4years on the filingsMark Larouche
≥4years on the filingsNaomi Manning
≥4years on the filingsRobin Mayemura

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$210k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$210k
Contributions and grants received
$878k
Program service revenue
$164k
Grants and similar paid out
$210k
Employees
21
Volunteers
32

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1m$1m$15k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.