Organization name: Youth Journalism InternationalEIN number: 26-1522174

Additions to the Form 1023

Part VCompensation and Other Financial Arrangements With YourOfficers, Directors, Trustees,Employees, and Independent Contractors

2a. Are any of your officers, directors, or trusteesrelatedto each other throughfamilyorbusinessrelationships

? If “Yes,” identify the individuals and explain the relationship.

Thomas Stephen Majerus-Collins and Jacquelyn K. Majerus-Collins are related by marriage.They are husband and wife.

3a. For each of your officers, directors, trustees, highest compensated employees, andhighestcompensated independent contractors listed on lines 1a, 1b, or 1c, attach a listshowing their name,qualifications,average hours worked, and duties.Thomas Stephen Majerus-Collins

, a veteran daily newspaper reporterwith more than twodecades on the job,is boardPresident of Youth Journalism International. Hebringstotheorganization hisexperience in journalism and a fiercedevotion to press freedoms and the FirstAmendment.

Over the past 15 years of working with the student journalists in his care, he’s

sharedhis love of writing and reportingandpropelled them intoa wide range ofcareers inmedia, law, teaching, business and medicine, amongothers.A self-taught computergeek, hecreated and continues to maintain the website for Youth Journalism International and is

responsible for its blog as well as the organization’s presence on Fac

ebook and Twitter.He is anadjunct lecturer at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Connecticut, having taughtEnglish composition and grammar.A native of Massachusetts, he is a graduate of The Universityof Virginia. He lives in Connecticut.

MichaelD. Johnson,

a dean at the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice in theBronx, New York,is board treasurer of Youth Journalism International. At his school in theBronx,where he also teacheshigh schoolscience to special education students,he isa rolemodel known for his tireless dedication to his studentsand theirfuture success.

With a master’s

degree inScience Education from Lehman College in 2007,he has been guiding youth in NewYork Cityschools since2004.His compassion and perspective as an educator helps defineYouth Journalism International as an important resource for all young people.Anative of

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Detroit, Michigan, he isan active member at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Manhattan.Helives in the Bronx.

Jacquelyn Majerus-Collins,

a veteran daily newspaper reporter with more than two decades onthe job, is executive director of Youth Journalism International.Tohermore than 15 years of work as a writing coach and editor, she brings a passion for journalism, a dedication to teachingand a genuine appreciation of the young people she serves.She interacts with YJI students as agroup and one-on-one, teaching reporting and writing and coordinating collaborative effortsamong teens from around the world.Since 2006, she hasalsoworked as thefacilitator of theComing of Agementoring program for young teensat the Universalist Church of West Hartford.A native of Wisconsinand a graduate ofThe University of Iowa, she now makes her home inConnecticut.

Edrees Kakar,

asenior reporter and student of Youth Journalism International since2005, is anAfghan who lives in Kabul.In 2007, while living as a refugee in Pakistan, hecompleted hisschoolingfrom the Ahmad Shah Abdali High School in Peshawar, Pakistan.He went on to earntwo one-year diplomas in information technology and business administration in Pakistan. Afterreturning to Afghanistan, he took a position as aninformation technologyofficer at a Kabulcommercial bank. He gained practical experience and an understanding of the regional market aswell as the export-import business from his work with a local trading company.He loves sportsand played football as a teenager.As a board member, hebringsa global perspective andcontinuesto encourage younger students within the organization.He has a good command of four languages:Dari,Pashto, English and Urdu.

Susan Millar

brings extensive experience in non-profit board membershipand organizationmanagementto Youth Journalism Internationalfrom years of volunteer work in her homecommunity of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A native Iowan, she has servedsince 1992on the board of Legion ArtsC.S.P.S.,acontemporary

arts organization. She’

schairedseveral committees andacted asvolunteer coordinator.As a board member of Youth Journalism International, sheprovides valuable guidance to the young non-profit corporation.She is the owner of MillarWoodwind Repair, a small business she founded in Cedar Rapids in 1998.She lives in CedarRapids.

5a.Have you adopted aconflict of interest policyconsistent with the sample conflict of

interest policy in Appendix A to the instructions? If “Yes,” provide a copy of the policy and

explain how thepolicy has been adopted, such as by resolution of your governing board.

The conflict of interest policy is written into the bylaws for Youth Journalism Internationalandwas adopted by the Board of Directors.

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Part VIYour Members and Other Individuals and Organizations ThatReceive Benefits From You

1a.Incarrying out your exempt purposes, do you provide goods, services, or funds toindividuals? If

“Yes,” describe each program that provides goods, services, or funds to

individuals.

Our organization exists to provide a service to young people interested in journalism.We teachabout reporting, news coverage, ethics, opinion, and press freedoms, as well as about goodwriting in both an individual and a group context. Photography and graphic art are also included.

Youth Journalism International’s

efforts are largely focused on providing students witha solideducation about journalism. It does not provide any goods or funds to anyone.

3.Do any individuals who receive goods, services,or funds through your programs have afamily orbusiness relationship with any officer, director, trustee, or with any of yourhighest compensatedemployees or highest compensated independent contractors listed inPart V, lines 1a, 1b, and 1c? If

“Yes,” ex

plain how these related individuals are eligible forgoods, services, or funds.

It is possible, indeed probable, that children, grandchildren, nieces or nephewsof organizationofficials may participate in Youth Journalism International. They would not receive any servicethat any other young person would not also have the opportunity to get. They would notreceiveany funds or goods.

Part VIIIYour Specific Activities

4a.Do you or will you undertakefundraising? Attach a description of each fundraisingprogram.

At this time, we have no active fundraising effort, but we certainly plan to raise money.One method we will clearly use is to allow donations through our website and perhaps throughthe websites of other journalism organizations that allow us the space.We would use phone calls and emails to our alumni, students, parents of students and knownsupporters to try to raise other funds.It is likely we wouldseek foundation and perhaps government grants to support our programs,but have not yet identified any in particular that might apply to our situation.

4d.List all states and local jurisdictions in which you conduct fundraising. For each stateor localjurisdiction listed, specify whether you fundraise for your own organization, youfundraise for anotherorganization, or another organization fundraises for you.

Our fundraising efforts would be based solely in Connecticut, but through email, the internet andphone calls, we would contact people in many states and other countries as well. Most would be