Youth Academy for the Arts Inc

Leveraging Dance to keep kids safe and drug free.

Lanham, MD   |  http://www.yaainc.org

Mission

The Youth Academy for the Arts, Inc. offers youth and family enrichment programs, and is dedicated to promoting children’s health, well-being, and artistic success through strong parent, family, and community involvement.

Ruling year info

2020

Executive Director

Melanie Johnson

Main address

5001 Forbes Boulevard, Suite H Office 13

Lanham, MD 20706 USA

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EIN

82-2589412

NTEE code info

Dance (A62)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

Employment Training (J22)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Education (STEAM) Programs

STEAM initiatives in our programs are means to encourage, educate and prepare today’s youth to pursue careers in in STEM-related fields.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Economically disadvantaged people
At-risk youth

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of backpacks filled with school supplies distributed

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Education (STEAM) Programs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of children who received school supplies

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

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Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We want to place children and adolescents once again at the center of our neighborhood and community life, surrounded by caring adults inside and outside their families. These connections help youth to develop a sense of security and personal identity, and adapt rules of expectations, values, behavior, morals. This equips youth with the resources needed to move into healthy and productive adulthood.

To enact transformational change on a global scale through a sustainable model of collaboration among missionaries, leaders, and communities to implement solutions for poverty, employment opportunities, leadership development, and missionary resources.

• Promote financial, physical, and mental wellness for underserved communities through family, and community involvement.
• Promote and provide community economic development projects, including (but not limited to) job training and employment opportunities and entrepreneurial development for community residents.
• Create access to clean water sources
• Expand community learning and resource center with computers
• Provide economic empowerment and literacy resources for women and children
• Implement international projects that enable long-term sustainable development.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Youth Academy for the Arts Inc

Board of directors
as of 04/16/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Melanie Johnson

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 4/16/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Black/African American
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 04/16/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.