California · Public charity
National Center for Youth Law
For over 50 years, the National Center for Youth Law has put children and youth at the heart of the pursuit of justice. Guided by their insights, we use litigation, policy change, partnerships, and research to ensure that every child's rights are protected and every voice is heard.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $87,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $265,625
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations National Center for Youth Law funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $652k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $1.2M | 47% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.0M | 41% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $508k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $342k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $629k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Burton Advocates for Youth | $1,015,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Children's Law Center of California | $991,751 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc | $802,529 | 6 | 1% |
| Health Connected | $498,297 | 5 | 12% |
| National Network of State Teachers of the Year | $490,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $379,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $330,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Public Counsel | $305,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center | $300,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Kids in Konflict Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 42% |
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Where it is load-bearing
National Center for Youth Law supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The California Endowment · The California Wellness Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Tides Center · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Californians For Justice Education Fund · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
About National Center for Youth Law
- How much does National Center for Youth Law give?
- National Center for Youth Law reported 16 grants totaling $1,226,334 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Center for Youth Law fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (43%), Health (22%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are National Center for Youth Law's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: John Burton Advocates for Youth ($1.0M), Children's Law Center of California ($992k), Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc ($803k).
- Does National Center for Youth Law fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Center for Youth Law?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation.
- Where is National Center for Youth Law based?
- National Center for Youth Law is based in CA.
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