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Name:	Youth In Need, Inc.
Address:	1815 Boone's Lick Road
	St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone:	636-946-5600
Web Address:	www.youthinneed.org
Also known as: Youth In Need YIN

Youth In Need, Inc. (YIN) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Community volunteers opened Youth In Need’s Emergency Shelter in 1974 when the area’s homeless and runaway teens were being housed in the county jail. Thirty-seven years later, Youth In Need still provides its flagship program. Since then, the agency has grown to provide a variety of prevention and intervention services to more than 12,000 children, teens and families every year. Services include residential group homes, counseling and support groups, infant, child and family development programs, homeless street outreach, before-and after-school programs, foster care case management and Project Safe Place. Youth In Need employs more than 375 staff and its service area spans 100 miles and includes St. Louis City and St. Louis, St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren and Montgomery Counties in Missouri. Recognized for its reputation for excellence, Youth In Need is accredited by the Council on Accreditation and is a recipient of the United Way of Greater St. Louis’ highest possible quality rating.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, YIN's program expenses were:

Early Childhood	11,362,862
Community Youth Development	1,132,101
Shelter	954,789
Outclient Services	836,151
TLP / ILP	762,645
Foster Care	341,842
Total Program Expenses:	$15,390,390

Chief Executive : James A. Braun, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$151,064

Chair of the Board: Eliot Asyre
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Principal & Local Leader Practice, Buck Consultants

Board Size: 49

Paid Staff Size: 375

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, telephone, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, radio, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, cause-related marketing

Fund raising costs were 2% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $16,115,382, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on YIN's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Grants	9,394,401
Program Revenue-Government Contracts, Client Fees, & School Districts	5,036,386
Contributions	855,077
United Way	341,232
Fundraising Special Events, net	286,152
Donated Facility, Materials, and Services	202,134
Program Revenue- Clients	60,271
Miscellaneous	19,269
Realized Gain on Sale of Property	3,100
Total Income	$16,198,022

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 96%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 2%  Other Expenses: Less than 1%

Total income				$16,198,022
	Program expenses			$15,390,390
	Fund raising expenses			300,040
	Administrative expenses			393,697
	Other Expenses			42,057
Total expenses				$16,126,184
Income in Excess of Expenses				71,838
Beginning net assets				3,752,551
Ending net assets				3,824,389
Total liabilities				3,197,645
Total assets				$7,022,034