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US nonprofit · EIN 465411418 · Brooklyn, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 465411418) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2020.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Just as I AM Youth Empowerment Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$284k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$580k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$64k
$47k liabilities
Net assets
$18k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
5.0 years on average
Staff
6
25 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Just as I AM Youth Empowerment Inc's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Gena JeffersonCEO & President2022
4 yrs
Nadira RamcharanBoard Treasurer2021
5 yrs
Rev Elease Welch (also filed as Rev Elease Welch)Board Member Emeritus2022
4 yrs
Sally HipscherBoard Vice President2021
5 yrs
Veronica RosarioBoard Secretary2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Gena JeffersonCEO & President2022
Gena C JeffersonCEO & President2021

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
Gena JeffersonCEO & President40$135k$9k
Sally HipscherBoard Vice President2$0
Veronica RosarioBoard Secretary2$0
Nadira RamcharanBoard Treasurer2$0
Jeffrey P ColemanBoard Member2$0

About

Legal name
Just As I Am Youth Empowerment Inc
EIN
465411418
Address
Po Box 20226, Brooklyn, NY, 11202-0226
State
New York
Mission
Jaia's mission is to partner and co-create with youth in order to promote mindful, healthy, and safe communities through transormative personal and leadership development. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
O50 Youth development
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Youth Development
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
Gena C Jefferson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsNadira Ramcharan
≥5years on the filingsSally Hipscher
≥5years on the filingsVeronica Rosario
≥4years on the filingsGena Jefferson

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
$64k
Total liabilities
$47k
Net assets or fund balances
$18k
Contributions and grants received
$276k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
6
Volunteers
25

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Just As I Am Youth Empowerment, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
17 March 2014
Registered agent
Not stated