Public Charity

Western Youth Services

Western Youth Services is a Public Charity headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $34.7M revenue, $33.8M expenses, $14.2M total assets. 15 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $755K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 953407054 Laguna Hills, CA Human Services NTEE: P Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$34.7M
Total Expenses$33.8M
Total Assets$14.2M
Grant Records15
Funding Total$755K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Western Youth Services (WYS) is a community-based nonprofit organization providing prevention and mental health treatment services for youth experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges, as well as their families. Services are delivered at multiple mental health clinics and various School and community-based locations throughout Orange County, California.

Where $100 goes at Western Youth Services

How Western Youth Services divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $87 for programs

$77
Orange County Services Programs
89% of program spending
$10
City & Other Organizations Programs
11% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Clinical Director Annette Catanese
Vice President Csilla Koppany
President Darren Kerstien
Board Member David Lechuga Phd Abpp Apn
Treasurer Elizabeth Garcia
Board Member Jill Dominguez

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$294,563 5 grants
General Support
$142,600 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$107,000 5 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$100,417 3 grants
Unspecified
$110,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $34.7M $33.8M $14.2M
2024 $31.3M $30.8M $11.9M
2023 $24.0M $23.8M $6.7M
2022 $21.2M $20.9M $4.8M
2021 $24.3M $23.1M $4.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $24.3M to $34.7M (+43%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.2M.

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