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Who funds grassroots youth development organizations
The funders that back grassroots youth development organizations are specialists, not generalists: Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo gives them 148.6× 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
- 9,135 funders gave $894M to 6,018 grassroots youth development organizations (grassroots (under $1M)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo, giving 148.6× the national rate to grassroots youth development organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is Boys & Girls Clubs of America, at $10M.
- The grassroots youth development organization drawing the most is Albany Boys & Girls Foundation Inc, at $4M.
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 Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo, Girls on the Run International Inc, Fight for Kids Inc. 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 its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
- How much grant money goes to grassroots youth development organizations?
- $894M reached 6,018 grassroots youth development organizations from 9,135 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; cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File. 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.