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US nonprofit · EIN 474144261 · New York, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 474144261) - 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 2025: 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.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Young Entrepreneurz Organization

Donations deductible
Revenue
$289k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$216k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$73k
$18k liabilities
Net assets
$56k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
3.4y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2023. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2023 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Young Entrepreneurz Organization's network

8 peoplei8 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

8 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 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 8 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Dominique RuffinYes TV Personality2023
3 yrs
Erica ChanMulti-Media2023
3 yrs
Ernest Ruffin IIIVP Operations2023
3 yrs
Ghylian RuffinDirector Programs2023
3 yrs
Irv Ashford JrBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Lyneir RichardsonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Orville BaileyBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Toni GriffinBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ernest Ruffin JrExecutive Directorsince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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
Ernest Ruffin JrExecutive Director50$0
Ernest Ruffin IIIVP Operations1$0
Nicole WashingtonDir Operations20$0$1k
Adrienne GoodsonDir of NBA-WNBA20$0$10k

About

Legal name
Young Entrepreneurz Organization
EIN
474144261
Address
52 W 120th St Apt 4, New York, NY, 10027-6373
State
New York
Mission
Founded by former Rutgers University award winning adjunct professor and veteran entrepreneur Ernest Ruffin Jr YESs mission is to teach youth grades 6-12 in urban areas nationwide the Virgin Islands and Europe business and economic development to help them start or grow businesses. YES Business Plan Challenge - The organization specializes in teaching middle and high school aged youth the... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B99 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
1 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
Ernest Ruffin Jr (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2024
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
1, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥3years on the filingsDominique Ruffin
≥3years on the filingsErica Chan
≥3years on the filingsErnest Ruffin III
≥3years on the filingsGhylian Ruffin

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$73k
Total liabilities
$18k
Net assets or fund balances
$56k
Contributions and grants received
$289k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$388k$364k$24k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.