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Aging Out Institute

Aging Out Institute is a 501C3 organization dedicated to connecting professionals who work with foster youth with resources and strategies that help youth age out of foster care and into adulthood

$461k
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Youth Development$570kHuman Services$401kEducation$80kHousing & Shelter$50kAnimals$40kPhilanthropy$40kEnvironment$40kEmployment$30kOther$0
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $411,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $460,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $49,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $162k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $241k
$41,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO CHILDRENS ALLIANCE$90,000
KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT$51,000
TREEHOUSE$50,000
YOUTHCARE$50,000
CHAIR-ITY INC$41,000
LIFE SKILLS FOUNDATION$41,000
THRU PROJECT$40,000
JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST$40,000
FOSTER PROGRESS$8,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $369k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Open Table: $40k → 11%Walden Family Services: $60k → 11%IMMERSE ARKANSAS: $50k → 17%IMPOWER: $40k → 11%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $40k → 8%CHAIR-ITY INC: $41k → 17%FOSTER PROGRESS: $40k → 14%YOUTHCARE: $50k → 9%FOSTER PROGRESS: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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OH
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CA
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AZ
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FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Journey to Adult Success Inc

Ensure at risk youth and youth transitioning from foster care - primarily those between the ages of 18-25 - make successful transitions from adolescence to adulthood.

Human Services
2
Hopes Path

Hope's Path is an internship program offering housing and life skill development to former foster youth while assisting them with their goals to successfully launch into sustainable independent lives knowing their value and identity in…

Human Services
3
Better Youth Inc

We provide access, equity, and validation to foster and system impacted youth creatives ages 16-24 through media arts programming and mentoring helping them bridge the digital divide and develop their creative confidence, upleveling our…

Youth Development
4
Child Link Inc

Child Link provides foster care, family counseling, and therapy services to Chicago area adolescents who are at risk of homelessness. Child Link also refers adolescents to other agencies that are able to provide additional resources and…

Human Services
5
First Place for Youth

First place for youth (the organization") is a california nonprofit public benefit corporation, which was incorporated on july 20, 1999, to prevent poverty and homelessness among youth who "age out" of the foster care system by providing…

Human Services
6
Kids in Crisis Intervention Team

Providing a network of support and empowerment for youth ages 16-25 to break the cycle of homelessness and promote independence.

Human Services
7
Youth for Change

Youth For Change (YFC) mission is to enhance the well being of children, families, individuals, and communities.

Human Services
8
Choose to Win Transitional Housing

Transitional Housing Services

Housing & Shelter
9
Inspire Idaho Inc

We mentor young people aging out of foster care to help them flourish as adults.

Religion
10
Inspire Life Skills Training Inc

Inspire Life Skills Training, Inc exists to break the cycle of abuse and poverty through stable housing, education training, and mentorship of foster and homeless youth.

Health
11
Cake Changes Everything Inc

Cake Changes Everything (CCE) will focus on supporting young adults transitioning from foster care into independent living. These young adults are often finding themselves without the critical support (physical, emotional, and financial)…

Youth Development
12
Family and Youth Initiative Inc

Family & Youth Initiative creates a supportive community and lasting relationships for teens and young adults who are in or have aged out of foster care. We believe that every child deserves family and are committed to increasing the…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thru Project; the most unlike its peers is John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTHKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC: $51,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INCSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER LINING MENTORING INCTREEHOUSE: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSELIFE Skills Foundation: $41,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFE Skills FoundationTHRU PROJECT: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHRU PROJECTFostering Youth Independence: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentFostering Youth IndependenceWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES: $60,000 · Human ServicesWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN …YOUTHCARE: $50,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREIMMERSE ARKANSAS: $50,000 · Human ServicesIMMERSE ARKANSASFoster Progress: $48,000 · Human ServicesFoster ProgressCHAIR-ITY: $41,000 · Human ServicesCHAIR-ITYOPEN TABLE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesOPEN TABLE INCTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INCIMPOWER INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesIMPOWER INCVARIOUS ORGS UNDER 5000: $102,199 · OtherVARIOUS ORGS UNDER 5000Ohio Children's Alliance: $90,000 · OtherOhio Children's Allianc…PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS: $50,000 · OtherPIVOTAL CONNECTIONSRJ LEONARD FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherRJ LEONARD FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,500 · OtherIPOURLIFE INC: $140,000 · InternationalIPOURLIFE I…John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $40,000 · EnvironmentTHE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION: $40,000 · AnimalsBall State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationTHE MONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT: $30,000 · Employment
Youth Development$422,000Human Services$369,000Other$287,699International$140,000Environment$40,000Animals$40,000Education$30,000Employment$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $150,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetIPOURLIFE INC: $140,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetOhio Children's Alliance: $90,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC: $51,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPIVOTAL CONNECTIONS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIMMERSE ARKANSAS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFoster Progress: $48,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetLIFE Skills Foundation: $41,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCHAIR-ITY: $41,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHRU PROJECT: $40,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFostering Youth Independence: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetIMPOWER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT: $30,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Vanguard Charitable E…Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aging Out Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aging Out Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Impower Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Aging Out Institute?

Find your warmest path to Aging Out Institute through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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