Los Angeles, CA

BETTER YOUTH INC

EIN 13-4166295

Education & Youth Development Job Training & Career Pathways Children & youth Justice-involved people People experiencing homelessness Low-income

Mission

At Better Youth, our mission is to build creative confidence, bridge resource gaps, and prepare foster and system-impacted youth for sustained success in the creative economy through mentoring, media arts training, professional skills development, and social supports.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About BETTER YOUTH INC

Better Youth is a Los Angeles–based 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 13-4166295) that serves foster, system-impacted, homeless and low-income youth ages ~14–24 through media-arts training, omnidirectional mentoring, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship pathways, and career-readiness supports. The organization operates programs including AIM‑N‑Inspire (animation, gaming, media production), a pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeship pipeline, and the Real to Reel Global film festival to create pathways into the creative economy. Verification: the EIN (13-4166295) and tax-exempt status match the charity's own website and public filings. In recent years Better Youth has reported expanded program activity (including a Department of Labor apprenticeship completion highlighted on the organization site), received a California Arts Council Creative Youth Development grant (CYD, 2022), and was featured in local media coverage (ABC7/KABC on February 12, 2024). The organization reports serving 12,000+ youth and logging 15,000+ mentoring hours since founding (2008), and recent publicly reported fiscal year figures indicate roughly $1.04M in revenue and $1.03M in expenses for 2024.

Notable achievements

Department of Labor apprenticeship milestone

Completed the organization's first Department of Labor–recognized apprenticeship (noted as the first apprentice Jeffrey “Ree” Covington), establishing a documented career pathway from program participation to paid, credentialed work in the creative economy.

California Arts Council grant

Awarded a Creative Youth Development grant in 2022 to expand AIM‑N‑Inspire cohorts (animation, gaming, media), supporting curriculum and paid training opportunities for system‑impacted youth.

Demonstrated program reach

Since founding in 2008 Better Youth reports serving over 12,000 youth and providing more than 15,000 mentoring hours; recent program expansions include pre‑apprenticeship cohorts, apprenticeship placements, and the Real to Reel festival to showcase youth media work.

At a glance

Total assets: $210K
Annual revenue: $1.0M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 13-4166295
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.betteryouth.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Local media recognition — featured by ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) in a February 12, 2024 segment highlighting the organization’s programs and outcomes for system-impacted youth.

Public nonprofit listings and fiscal transparency — organization appears on major nonprofit databases (501(c)(3) status with EIN 13-4166295) and publishes financial information and Form 990s via public filings and partner disclosures.

Institutional partnerships and funder support — grant and partnership relationships with entities such as the California Arts Council and community foundations that have funded program expansion and apprenticeships.

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