How do I find funders for a mid-size youth development nonprofit?

Start with the funders most focused on mid-size youth development organizations, currently Wakeman Memorial Association Inc, The Leir Foundation Inc, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley 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 mid-size organization here?

Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: mid-size ($1M to $10M). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.

How much grant money goes to mid-size youth development organizations?

$2.8B reached 1,705 mid-size youth development organizations from 10,474 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.

Causes · Youth development · mid-size

Who funds mid-size youth development organizations

The funders that back mid-size youth development organizations are specialists, not generalists: Wakeman Memorial Association Inc gives them 84.7× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here.

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The short version

10,474 funders gave $2.8B to 1,705 mid-size youth development organizations (mid-size ($1M to $10M)) across recent IRS filings.
The most focused funder is Wakeman Memorial Association Inc, giving 84.7× the national rate to mid-size youth development organizations.
The largest non-DAF funder is Boys & Girls Clubs of America, at $62M.
The mid-size youth development organization drawing the most is Big Brothers Big Sisters Of, at $21M.

Funders most focused on mid-size 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.

Wakeman Memorial Association Inc84.7×$11M · 100% of its giving The Leir Foundation Inc76.8×$7M · 100% of its giving Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc75.3×$7M · 100% of its giving Access Support Corporation69.3×$5M · 100% of its giving Wieden Family Public Foundation65.4×$5M · 91% of its giving Apostolic Christian Children's Home63.6×$4M · 100% of its giving Denver Area Council Boy Scouts62.5×$4M · 100% of its giving Comer Science & Education Foundation61.6×$5M · 83% of its giving

Largest funders by dollars

Real grantmakers giving the most to mid-size youth development organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).

1Boys & Girls Clubs of America$62M 2Colorado Youth Corps Association$15M 3The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation$14M 4John D and Catherine T Macarthur$13M 5Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$12M 6Wakeman Memorial Association Inc$11M 7Friends of the Children$11M 8United Way of Central Alabama Inc$10M

Mid-size youth development organizations that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

1,695 other mid-size youth development organizations$2.7B

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mid-size youth development nonprofit?: Start with the funders most focused on mid-size youth development organizations, currently Wakeman Memorial Association Inc, The Leir Foundation Inc, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley 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 mid-size organization here?: Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: mid-size ($1M to $10M). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
How much grant money goes to mid-size youth development organizations?: $2.8B reached 1,705 mid-size youth development organizations from 10,474 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

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

By state

where grant money is based, and what stays home

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.