Maryland · Nonprofit
PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC
PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,500 to it, the largest being THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ($4,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $35k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Pleasant Zion Youth Outreach Center Inc does
Mission
The Pleasant Zion Youth Outreach Center, Inc.'s mission is to build healthy economic communities, aid in the prevention of delinquency and build resiliency and improve the quality of life for youth, young adults, and disadvantaged individuals in our community. The organization is dedicated to providing education and personal development techniques that encourages leadership. Our goal is to encourage youth, young adults and disadvantaged individuals (which also include seniors) to be successful in reaching their goals in life and to cultivate positive social and like skills.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Food Pantry and emergency food services - The Helping Hand Food Program assisted 1937 clients that reside in the Dundalk, Baltimore County and surrounding areas for calendar year 2022. Partnered with two (2) local supermarkets and stores to provide fresh food items, as well purchase food items from the Maryland Food Bank. The Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. If clients are not able to pick up food items on Wednesdays during the regular Food Pantry hours, arrangements are made at the convenience of the client to pick up food at another time and day. The program continues to assist individuals and families by using the client choice process to provide food items which enables clients to select their own food, much like a grocery store.
$28,569 spentof which $24,294 as grants$4,275 earned by the program100% of program spendingAfter each client signs, They are invited to select from various clothing items. 725 pounds of clothing donations have been provided for FY2022 (this total is a carryover each year)
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,569.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $16k to $9k (−43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 56% · 2018 86% · 2019 91% · 2020 90% · 2021 92% · 2022 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
James B Gray Jr
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC has grown faster than half of the 14,237 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,237 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC?
- PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,500 to it, the largest being THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ($4,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,500 in grants to PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC.
- Who is the largest funder of PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC?
- THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLEASANT ZION YOUTH OUTREACH CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing