Youth Development Labs Inc.

“Once the form 990 is completed it is emailed to the board of directors for imput or changes before filing.”

“Board directors and officers self report any conflicts of interest at each board meeting. All are compliant.”

“In 2018, ceo (rebecca hope) was given a raise to 100,000. Salaries were benchmarked using salary comparison sites and from peer directors of non profits. Increase in salary to 100,000 was discussed with and approved by all other directors of the board. All staff salaries are benchmarked against comparable non profit salaries in the bay area using glass door and zenefits as comparison tools. We set a range for the role, and final salary is decided by ed/ceo with program coordinator/operations manager and program manager/finance officer based on experience and subsequent negotiations with potential hire.”

“In 2017, we did not yet make financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy public on our website, but make them available on request to partners and donors.”

“Ylabs is building meaningful and measurable change through youth-driven design. We design and implement programs in partnership with youth we bring deep expertise in how to actively engage youth in the co-design of solutions meant for them, spanning health and economic empowerment in 13 countries. We support both large international ngos such as psi and pathfinder to improve their youth programming and numerous local community partners in kenya, nigeria, niger, rwanda, and india, among others. We have a strong global network of youth-focused and youth-led organizations. We provide technical assistance to partners to implement and measure youth-targeted interventions. Our team has combined expertise on adolescent health and economic development, behavioral economics, ethics of working with adolescents and youth and clinical and technical expertise on hiv and srhr in low-income countries. We've provided technical assistance to the rwandan government to draft the national strategy on adolescent hiv and supported psi and pathfinder international with training tools for asrh. We're experienced in designing and conducting health and economic evaluations for youth. We adapt and scale technologies and innovations with community partners ylabs builds and adapts technologies designed with and for youth in low-resource settings. These include education tools such as cyberrwanda, a digital learning program that teaches adolescents employment skills and sexual health education. We also developed digital tools to help youth give feedback on the quality of care in health services, using technology to reach both literate and non-literate youth and those with and without access to tech. We build capacity in human-centered design with youth we've trained partners including harvard school of public health, pathfinder, psi, options, camfed, and uc berkeley in youth-centered design. We provide both technical expertise on adolescent health and economic empowerment and training on human-centered design to develop innovations for youth. Our training engagements include introductory workshops and 1-2 week innovation labs to 18-month expert training and technical support engagements. Youth people are front and center of our training teams and help build confidence among community partners to engage youth effectively in program design. We generate and share best practices in youth engagement as a founding member of hcd exchange, ylabs is leading the way in generating tools and guidelines for the human-centered design community in working with youth. We've co-authored the commitment to ethics in youth powered design with other members of the exchange and guidelines on gold standard practices to ensure the quality of practice amongst those practicing human-centered design.”

“Other: program service expenses 256,384. Management and general expenses 2,052. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 258,436.”

“The board of directors assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit and selection of the independent accountant.”