Youth Mission Team Australia

Name

Youth Mission Team Australia

Legal name

Youth Mission Team Australia

Website

https://ymt.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Youth Ministry Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Volunteerism, Service-Learning & Community Service (EDALAHAG), Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN)

Keywords

• Catholic youth ministry
• School reflection days
• Volunteer missionary service
• Youth evangelization programs
• Faith formation events

Headquarters

HQ city

Corrimal

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Support: As a non-profit Catholic ministry organization, Youth Mission Team Australia relies on donations from individuals, parishes, and supporters. The website features a 'Donate' button (labeled 'Invest in Hope'), indicating a donation-based funding model supported by the community.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Youth Mission Team Australia is a Catholic nonprofit youth ministry organization that mobilizes young adult volunteer missionaries to serve one to two year terms in Australian cities. Its core deliverable is direct youth outreach: reflection days in Catholic schools, parish-based youth group leadership, and large-scale iSTAND evangelization events. The organization reaches approximately 16,000 teenagers annually through these structured ministry programs, with all services delivered free of charge and funded by donations.

Product overview

Youth Mission Team Australia is a Catholic youth mission organization operating since 1986. It functions as a single unified mission program rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. The core offering is the Youth Mission Team itself, a volunteer-based youth ministry program that operates through several integrated components: the main YMT volunteer program, the iSTAND events sub-brand, a dedicated Schools Program for conducting reflection days in high schools, and a volunteer recruitment initiative. The organization enables young volunteers to serve approximately 16,000 teenagers annually through direct ministry, school visits, youth groups, and events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iSTAND: A program of Youth Mission Team Australia that includes events and nights for youth.

Products and services

• Youth Mission Team (YMT) A Catholic youth mission organization that mobilizes young volunteers to serve teenagers through reflection days, youth groups, and community outreach programs. The program enables young people to pursue a call to serve others while reaching approximately 16,000 teenagers annually across Australia.
• iSTAND A sub-brand under YMT offering events and youth-focused programs including iSTAND Events and iSTAND Generation initiatives for Catholic youth evangelization and community building across Australia.
• Schools Program A program that brings YMT volunteer missionaries into Catholic secondary schools to conduct reflection days and youth ministry activities, enabling high school students to engage with faith and spiritual development.
• Volunteer Recruitment Recruitment program for young adults to join YMT as volunteer missionaries, serving in various locations across Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Wollongong) for one to two year terms with formation and household community living.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reaches 16,000 teenagers annually

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Missionaries of God's Love (MGL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMGL is a Catholic religious order whose priests and brothers work alongside YMT in youth ministry. Founder Colin Sutton established YMT in 1986 as part of the MGL charism. MGL priests and sisters continue to provide spiritual guidance, formation support, and ministry collaboration for YMT teams and missionaries.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Crusaders (Australian Union of UC): Faith-based youth organization running school Scripture programs, holiday camps, and volunteer-led ministry targeting school-aged children and teenagers across Australia.
• Antioch (Catholic Youth Movement): Australian Catholic youth movement running weekend retreats, school outreach, and volunteer teams — comparable mission to engage young Catholics in faith and community life.
• Youth for Christ Australia: Christian youth outreach organization running volunteer-led mission teams and school-based programs across Australia, comparable in target demographic, volunteer deployment model, and faith-based evangelization approach.
• Scripture Union Australia: Faith-based youth ministry organization that engages teenagers through school programs, camps, and volunteer missionaries, sharing with YMT a school-based delivery model and teen evangelization focus.
• NET Ministries Australia: Catholic youth ministry organization that trains and sends young volunteers into schools and parishes for evangelization and faith formation — directly comparable mission, volunteer model, and target audience to YMT.

Emerging players

• Awe and Wonder: Smaller Catholic youth evangelization initiative serving Australian schools and parishes; reflects the fragmented, volunteer-driven ecosystem in which YMT competes for school ministry contracts.
• Emmanuel Community: Catholic community with strong youth formation programming and outreach to young adults, sharing YMT's faith-formation, prayer-centered, and community-living DNA.
• Parousia Media: Catholic media and formation organization that produces faith content for young audiences; comparable in serving the same Catholic youth segment using different (digital) channels.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney — Youth Ministry: Institutional Catholic youth ministry office that coordinates parish youth programs across Sydney — comparable customer-side environment where YMT deploys teams and competes for parish engagement.
• Catholic Mission: National Catholic mission agency with a broader international mission focus but overlapping faith formation, youth outreach, and parish-based fundraising audiences in Australia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ymtaustralia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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