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Who funds grassroots youth development organizations
The funders that back grassroots youth development organizations are specialists, not generalists: New Alternatives Inc gives them 155× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here. These are the small organizations the big-institution funders usually miss, so the funders that show up here are the ones worth a small youth development nonprofit's time.
The short version
- 21,144 funders gave $4.0B to 16,427 grassroots youth development organizations (grassroots (under $1M)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is New Alternatives Inc, giving 155× the national rate to grassroots youth development organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is Boys & Girls Clubs of America, at $85M.
- The grassroots youth development organization drawing the most is Mac Foundation, at $17M.
Funders most focused on grassroots youth development organizations
Not the biggest checks, the most committed: each gives this size and cause an outsized share of its budget against the national rate, shrunk toward that rate so a small specialist needs real volume to rank.
Largest funders by dollars
Real grantmakers giving the most to grassroots youth development organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).
Grassroots youth development organizations that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a grassroots youth development nonprofit?
- Start with the funders most focused on grassroots youth development organizations, currently New Alternatives Inc, Herbert J Lavigne Family Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin. Donor-advised funds and mega-funds are excluded, so these are funders that genuinely back organizations your size, not pass-through accounts.
- What counts as a grassroots organization here?
- Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: grassroots (under $1M). Cause is where each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear.
- How much grant money goes to grassroots youth development organizations?
- $4.0B reached 16,427 grassroots youth development organizations from 21,144 funders. Money parked in the regranting layer is netted out.
- How recent is this data?
- It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings across recent fiscal years. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.
More from the funding graph
Size is median total revenue; each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear. Read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML across recent fiscal years, among (c)(3) funders and recipients resolved by EIN, with the regranting layer netted out. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.