Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Total |
0 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 708,828 | 725,376 | 566,090 | 841,147 | 596,648 | 3,438,089 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf .... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 708,828 | 725,376 | 566,090 | 841,147 | 596,648 | 3,438,089 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 281,985 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 3,156,104 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 708,828 | 725,376 | 566,090 | 841,147 | 596,648 | 3,438,089 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 883 | 112 | 3,788 | 18,184 | 22,420 | 45,387 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 3,483,476 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal
year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 0 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2024 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2024 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2024 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2024: | ||||
| a From 2019....... | ||||
| b From 2020....... | ||||
| c From 2021....... | ||||
| d From 2022....... | ||||
| e From 2023....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2019 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2024 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2024, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2024. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2025. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2023..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2024..... | ||||
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 24020153 |
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| Other | Form 990,Part III, line 4a:as well as continued our San Marcos outreach and three other established outreach sites in downtown Austin weekly. Our previous building location was no longer available for long-term rental. In 2024 we served 2,089 unique clients (up 31%). Of those, we served 500 within our age range, our primary focus (up 11%). We serve overage people only on outreach because it helps us attract and meet clients in our age range. Our outreach brings us into regular contact with many community homeless of all ages, and we provide what help we can without defocusing our teams, efforts, and impact. In Austin outreach, we reach 4.2 clients in our age range by serving 20 people total. San Marcos has an even stronger figure of 6.2 young clients per 20 people served. We utilize donated resources rather than funds in serving those overages. We met 1,412 new homeless individuals overall, up 12% from the previous year, and 284 new clients in our age range, up 15% from the prior year. This continues a streak of two years with very high new client intake. We met an average of 29.2 new clients each week overall and 5.7 per week in our age range. For all of 2024 we provided indoor services (as we did pre-pandemic and before our move) and a mix of outreach in other locations, including outreach in six or more locations weekly, access to our Sunshine Store for clothing, showers, and supplies twice a day, several weekly events for healthy fun and relationship building in our Event Center, and nine weekly groups in our Learning Center to foster growth and healing. In December 2023 we began planning the transplant of these services to our newly leased location so they would be recognizable and available on the same schedule but in the new facility. We also added outreach in the old neighborhood several times a week to help clients transition and maintain contact. Our drop-in services (including the Sunshine Store and Event Center) served 150 unique clients in the new location, down by one from the prior year, which is remarkable given the change of location. We provided 95 food pantry bags to clients who had moved into housing and 365 camping food bags to clients still living in shelters or on the streets. We transitioned from hybrid groups in the middle of the year since most participants are in-person, serving 81 unique clients, the same quantity as before the move. Our Help Line served 236 people (up 6%) with resource information and referrals. Our learn and earn incentives program had 98 clients earning points (down 10%). Outreach focused on delivery of essentials, referrals to needed services, and on-the-spot guidance to 1,683 people of any age in Austin (up 30%) and 221 in San Marcos (up 38%). We distributed 2,629 outreach bags (up 48%) to people of all ages on the streets. All four types of our service are designed to build relationships and rapport, including events such as weekly Game Night, Talent Night, and Friday Fun Day, which feature community guests or organizations and a theme. Our groups cultivate a desire for stability, sobriety, reconnection with God, and a faith home, including Bible Study, Prayer Group, two Peer Support sessions weekly, a book club hour, and two weekly Computer Labs featuring our Learn and Earn soft skills classes. SYMin staff and volunteers witnessed for Christ 950 times (up 27%). We had 13,581 interactions with clients (up 4%) and 2,258 in-depth visits (up 13%). We shared 8,912 prayer requests from 1,251 clients with our prayer team (up 20%). In 2024, 225 clients in our age range when first served achieved goals, up 7%. We had deep engagement with 25% of our clients (down 21%) as defined by at least 40 hours of service and 10 deep conversations. Of those engaged clients, 99% achieved goals to change their lives, the same as last year. By comparison, only 28% of the less-engaged group achieved goals (down 1%). Those who engage with our team are 3.6 times more likely to be making changes (up from 3.4). Client contacts are diverse: 12% Black, 30% Hispanic, 31% female. Median age is 24. 8% are teenagers, 38% are 20-24, and 48% are 25-28. |
| Other | Form 990, Part III, Line 4d:SYMin trains future leaders through its paid internship program. Interns receive a 10-week experience leading volunteer-based, urban poverty-informed ministries. The program includes a textbook on street youth culture, weekly video discussions, training handouts, a weekly project, and hands-on work. In 2024, we trained seven interns (down 53%). Several stayed for second terms, reducing the unique number of interns. We eliminated San Marcos-based interns and instead asked Austin interns to travel to San Marcos, improving training and client outcomes. All internships are paid to increase diversity. Interns received 135 hours of training and provided 1,627 hours of work (equal to one full-time team member). |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | The Form 990 is first reviewed by the President and then it is provided to the Board of Directors for their review. Upon receiving approval, the Form 990 is completed for filing. The file copy is signed and filed electronically. |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | Annually, directors and officers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest via written acknowledgement. In addition, interested parties must abstain from discussions and voting on possible conflicts during Board meetings. The independent members of the Board of Directors investigate alternatives, determine whether the transaction is in the best interest of the organization, and vote on any possible action. |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | In establishing compensation for the President, the independent directors vote on the wages and benefits offered. All decisions of the Board are fully documented in the minutes of the Board of Directors. |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | The governing documents, financials statements, and conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request. Additionally, the organization provides a copy of its Form 990 to GuideStar. A link to the Form 990 is provided on our website. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | See Schedule O above for description 40280. 0. 0. |
| Software ID: | 24020153 |
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