Plummer Youth Promise
Plummer Youth Promise reported $12.8 million in revenue and $9.3 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $84.63 went to program services, $5.07 to management and general costs and $10.30 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 59.0% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $202,614 (EXECUTIVE DI). 5 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 83% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $9.3MFor context, the median across 3,614 covered human services charities: $88.27 programs, $11.52 management, $0.21 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $13MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 84.6% | 87.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 5.1% | 11.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 10.3% | 0.2% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.20 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 36.8% | 20.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 2.4% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 59.0% | 70.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $202,614 | $274,992 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 2.18% | 1.18% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 30.8 | 6.9 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 13 of 13 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseGroup home: Plummer Youth Promise applies an intervention and outcome model we call "permanency, preparedness, community." the model posits that all children need families, skills, and connections with their communities to succeed as adults. Our work focuses heavily on making sure youth who have been removed from their families make it back to their family, or to a new, permanent family, as soon as possible. This element of our work has drawn a great deal of attention from others, and we consult to and/or train other organizations in best practices. Our 12-person group home serves young…
Supported apartment program like in our group home, we apply our permanency, preparedness, community intervention model(see desription above)) in our supported apartment program. This program serves approximately 10-15 young people assigned male at birth between the ages of 16 and 22 each year. The apartment is in the same building as our group home, but it is in a physically separate part of the building. Young people living in the apartment must be in school or working, and are responsible for things like cooking, grocery shopping, laundry, and cleaning. In the supported apartment we have…
The community apartments program: our community apartments program uses the same intervention model described in the section above on our group home. The community apartments program serves nearly 30 young people ages 18- 22, who turned 18 while in the foster care system and now have no place to live. The community apartments program provides studio or one-bedroom apartments in a variety of communities, close to where the young people have relationships when possible. The measurement system that has been implemented in the group home and supported apartment is also used in the community…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DI Key employee | $202,614 | $0 | $0 | $202,614 |
| DIRECTOR OF Highest compensated employee | $155,387 | $0 | $0 | $155,387 |
| DIRECTOR OF Highest compensated employee | $154,778 | $0 | $0 | $154,778 |
| RESIDENTIAL Highest compensated employee | $154,620 | $0 | $0 | $154,620 |
| DIRECTOR OF Highest compensated employee | $146,826 | $0 | $0 | $146,826 |
5 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Plummer Youth Promise (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $203K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b13 · 13 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 582
Largest outside contractors
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| GROOM CONSTRUCTION CO Construction | $11,868,479 |
| ROUNDEL 47 LLC Architec | $496,555 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 2 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
29 private foundations reported grants to Plummer Youth Promise totaling $1.0M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Plummer Youth Promise's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Plummer Youth Promise, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Questions people ask
How much of Plummer Youth Promise's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Plummer Youth Promise reported that 84.6% of its $9.3 million in expenses went to program services, 5.1% to management and general and 10.3% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Plummer Youth Promise pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Plummer Youth Promise reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $202,614, for the role of EXECUTIVE DI (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Plummer Youth Promise get its money?
Of $12.8 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 36.8% came from contributions and grants and 59.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Plummer Youth Promise a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 04-2104844 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (amended), object 202600229349300505 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202510279349300976 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202420539349300107 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (amended), object 202300629349300415 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202123479349300432 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202013359349301101 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 04-2104844: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.