Facts at Your Fingertips

Facts at Your Fingertips

All data is for the 2003-2004 school year unless noted otherwise

Our mission: / Introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.
Our goal: / Excellent Young Life ministry in 7,500 schools and other outreach locations in the United States and around the world.
Our progress: / As of May 2004, we were in more than 4,164 schools and other outreach locations around the world.

U.S. High Schools

2,475 / Schools and Other Outreach Ministries
78,813 / Kids in High School Ministries/Weekly
31.84 / Average Ministry Size
264,665 / Club/Contact Cards
31,832 / Campaigners
793,995 / Est. Total of Kids We Minister to Each Year[1]

U.S. Middle Schools

1,088 / Schools and Other Outreach Ministries
24,582 / Kids in Middle School Ministries/Weekly
22.59 / Average Ministry Size
62,905 / Club/Contact Cards
5,802 / Campaigners
188,715 / Est. Total of Kids We Minister to Each Year1

Capernaum

71 / Schools and Other Outreach Ministries
787 / Kids in Capernaum Ministries/Weekly
11.08 / Average Ministry Size
1,573 / Club/Contact Cards
230 / Campaigners

YoungLives

45 / Schools and Other Outreach Ministries
543 / Kids in YoungLives Ministries/Weekly
12.07 / Average Ministry Size
1,000 / Club/Contact Cards
147 / Campaigners

“Other”

47 / Schools and Other Outreach Ministries
1,440 / Kids in “Other” Ministries/Weekly
30.64 / Average Ministry Size
3,564 / Club/Contact Cards
588 / Campaigners

Summer Camping

32,202 / Senior High Campers at Young Life Properties
9,789 / Middle School Campers at Young Life Properties
486 / Campers at Non-Young Life Properties
322 / Campaigner Campers
9,025 / Leaders Accompanying Campers
2,632 / Family Campers
773 / Leadership Campers
1,725 / Adult Guest Program Participants
1,762 / Work Crew
1,655 / Summer Staff
989 / Wilderness and Creative Camping
1,670 / Assignment Staff (Includes Families)
57,748 / Total Summer Guests

School Season Camping

25,244 / Senior High Campers at Young Life Properties
6,103 / Middle School Campers at Young Life Properties
3,524 / Campers at Non-Young Life Properties
2,997 / Campaigner Campers
7,434 / Leaders Accompanying Campers
6,210 / Family Campers
8,122 / Leadership Campers
3,069 / Adult Campers
1,294 / Adult Guests
11,050 / Work Crew
1,984 / Work Week Participants
145,095 / Total School Season Guests

Overall U.S. Ministry

896 / Areas with Ministry
15,630 / Volunteer Leaders
11,654 / Committee Members
64 / Regions with Active Ministries

International

47 / Countries with 438 Young Life ministries to nationals, international school students or U.S. military kids

Camp Properties in North America

Beyond Malibu / Rockbridge Alum Springs
Breakaway Lodge / Saranac Village
Castaway Club / SharpTop Cove
Clearwater Cove[2] / Southwind
Crooked Creek Ranch / Timber Wolf Lake
Frontier Ranch / Trail West
Lake Champion / Wilderness Ranch
Lost Canyon / Wildhorse Canyon
Malibu Club / Windy Gap
Oakbridge / Woodleaf
Pinnacle Point2

Personnel

3,160 / Total Young Life Staff
1,176 / Full-Time Field Ministry/U.S.
904 / Male Field Staff
374 / Female Field Staff
102 / Field Ministry/International (U.S. Staff Only)
361 / Field Administrative
658 / Part-Time Field Ministry/U.S.
11 / Percentage of Field Ministry Staff of Color
624 / Property Staff
239 / Mission Leadership Support Services
213 / Field Staff Leaving 03-04[3]

Board of Trustees (04-05)

Sue Beré / Vivian Nix-Early
John Bradford / Jeff Pope
Mac Briggs / Boone Powell
Steady Cash / Mark Rodriguez
Jerry Colangelo / Bob Rowling
Carol Eaton / Denny Rydberg
Wally Hawley / Bob Stover
Bruce Hosford / Judy Sweeney
Rodney Lawler / Tom Thomas
Eddie Long / Paul Trible
Terry Looper / Phyllis Washington
Curtis McWilliams

Cabinet and Mission Field Team (03-04)*

Denny Rydberg / President
Kerry Alberti / Sr. VP/CFO/Treasurer
Cliff Anderson / VP/Training/Continuing Education
Margie Atkinson / VP/Human Resources
Diane Belger / Director/Finance
Dave Brinsfield / Director/The President’s Office
Dave Carlson / VP/Camping & Properties Operations
Justine Conley / VP/Multicultural & Urban
Lee Corder / Sr. VP/Eastern Division
Jim Dyson / VP/Multicultural & Urban/Urban Services
Gail Ebersole / Sr. VP/Northern Division
Orbi Gonzales / VP/Multicultural & Urban
Tom Hammon / VP
Bill Hautt / Chief Development Officer
Ted Johnson / Sr. VP
Greg Kinberg / VP/Strategic Services/Corp. Secretary
Kelly Mertens / VP/MIS
Donna Murphy / Sr. VP/International Division
Bill Paige / VP/Multicultural & Urban
Ty Saltzgiver / Sr. VP/Western Division
Dick Savidge /

VP/Advancement

Paul Sherrill /

VP/Operations

Terry Swenson /

VP/Communications

John Vicary / Sr. VP/Southern Division

*Mission Field Team is bold

Training

School Attendance
166 / New Staff Training
64 / New Staff Intensive
168 / Winter Training
141 / Area Director School
6 / Regional Director School

Service Center Phone Numbers

Main Number / (719) 381-1800
Communications Services / (719) 381-1899
Computer Services (Help Desk) / (719) 381-1929
Creative Services / (719) 381-1898
Field Accounting / (719) 381-1993
Foundation / (719) 381-1970
Human Resources / (719) 381-1795
Income Processing / (719) 381-1985
Insurance / (719) 381-1950
Job Line / (719) 381-1799
Planned Giving / (719) 381-1887
Training / (719) 381-1866

Service Center Fax Numbers

Main Fax / (719) 381-1750
Communications/Creative Services / (719) 381-1763
Executive / (719) 381-1755
Field Accounting / (719) 381-1758
Insurance / (719) 381-1759
International / (719) 381-1754
Mission Assistance / (719) 381-1753
Payroll / (719) 381-1752
Properties / (719) 381-1757
Training / (719) 867-3523

Financial Highlights (03-04)

$134,218,750 / Total Contributions
$2,462,051 / Staff Contributions
$174,975,357 / Total Revenues
163,444 / Active Donors
527,176 / Individual Transactions Processed
43,931 / Average Transactions/Month Processed
$36,329,817 / Camp Operating Revenue
$3,271,981 / Foundation General Fund Assets
$19,859,308 / Foundation Designated Fund Assets
$11,059,427 / Other Foundation Assets
$34,190,716 / Total Foundation Assets

Capital Contributions (03-04)

$12,741,569 / Properties
$269,426 / Field Ministries
$13,010,995 / Combined Capital

Young Life History

Young Life was incorporated in 1941 by Jim Rayburn, a seminary student and part-time youth minister in Gainesville, Texas. He wanted to reach out to kids who were disinterested in church. Rayburn took the challenge to go where the kids were, meet them on their turf and find a creative way to share the love of God with them. Rayburn’s method of reaching out to adolescents worked 60 years ago, and it continues to be effective today.

Denny Rydberg is Young Life’s fifth president and has served since 1993. Annually, Young Life leaders touch the lives of an estimated 1 million kids.

[1] Based on total number of club cards times three to factor for kids we know who have not filled out a club card

[2]

2 Developing camps

3 Does not include full-time staff who served fewer than three months

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