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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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$266k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$2.9MHealth$1.5MYouth Development$1.0MEducation$912kCommunity Improvement$175kPublic Benefit$121kCivil Rights$80kHuman Services$66kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $877k
  • $250k+1 grant · $266k
$87,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Regional Access Project Foundation$265,625
Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center$150,000
KIDS IN KONFLICT INC$150,000
Children's Law Center of California$123,584
Be Smooth Inc$100,000
Children's Home of Stockton$100,000
Neighborhood College Youth Opportunity Program$100,000
John Burton Foundation$87,500
Integral Community Solutions Institute$65,625
WestCoast Children's Clinic$20,000
Black Women for Wellness$20,000
Health Connected$10,000
Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc$10,000
Alliance for Children's Rights$7,500
Public Counsel$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $662k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Silicon Valley De-bug: $10k → 8%Regional Access Project Foundation: $266k → 11%Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center: $150k → 12%Ubuntu Village: $16k → 23%Silicon Valley De-Bug: $7k → 8%Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center: $150k → 12%Community Agency for Resources Advocacy & Services: $10k → 8%Child and Family Policy Institute: $31k → 12%Community Agency for Resources Advocacy & Services: $10k → 8%Community Agency for Resources Advocacy & Services: $7k → 8%Center for Young Women's Development: $7k → 10%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

WA
MI
OH
CA
CO
VA
KS
LA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 25% of National Center for Youth Law’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 83% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 89%.

National Center for Youth Lawlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 28 repeat orgs$949k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
22

Total granted

$7.1M
$597k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+25%

Still filing today

93%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $351k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $992k · revenue +167%
  • Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $803k · revenue +80%
  • HC
    Health Connected
    5× · 2020–2025 · $498k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • CATALYST CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2017 · $121k · revenue -23%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2018 · $83k
  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC
    one grant, 2023 · $33k · revenue +8%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
2
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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3
Youth Power Project

Breaking down barriers between lawmakers & youth by centering voices & stories of young people in policymaking at local, state, & federal levels. We are working on a nationwide campaign to uplift survivors of child sexual abuse and provide…

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4
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
5
Childrens Services Foundation Dba Catalyst Center

Promoting the health, well-being and safety of children, youth and families in california as a collective voice impacting policy and best practices to strengthen the systems that serve them.

Human Services
6
Latino Civic Alliance

The Latino Civic Alliance LCA is dedicated to advancing equity and justice for Latinos through advocacy education public policy and community engagement. It empowers the Latino community to fully participate in civic economic and social…

Civil Rights
7
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights
8
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

To promote health equity by advocating for public policies and sufficient resources to address the health needs of communities of color.

Health
9
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

The organization's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. as an advocate for sociate change, we advance our mission by…

Civil Rights
10
Central Valley Gender Health & Wellness
Civil Rights
11
Community Justice Center

Cultivating individual and collective well-being, shared accountability, and healing through community-driven research and evidence-based restorative processes.

Crime & Legal
12
Ten Strands

We strengthen the partnerships, strategies, and systems that advance environmental literacy, ensuring all California TK12 students thrive in sustainable, resilient schools and engage in meaningful environmental learning experiences, both…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Women's Freedom Center; the most unlike its peers is Knowledge Shop. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 53 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
30/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA: $991,751 · OtherCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIAALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $330,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTSKIDS IN KONFLICT INC: $300,000 · OtherKIDS IN KONFLICT INCContra Costa County Office of Education: $240,000 · OtherContra Costa County Office of EducationChildren's Home of Stockton Inc: $200,000 · OtherChildren's Home of Stockton IncFOSTERING UNITY: $107,801 · Other+18 more: $627,556 · Other+18 morePlanned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $802,529 · HealthPlanned Parenthood P…SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $379,500 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S H…WESTCOAST CHILDREN'S CLINIC: $126,669 · HealthWESTCOAST CHILDREN'S…OLIVE VIEW-UCLA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUE INC: $112,630 · HealthOLIVE VIEW-UCLA EDUC…+2 more: $37,000 · HealthJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $1,015,000 · Youth DevelopmentJohn Burton Advoc…Be Smooth Inc: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentBe Smooth Inc+2 more: $30,700 · Youth DevelopmentHealth Connected: $498,297 · EducationHealth ConnectedNational Network of State Teachers of the Year: $490,000 · EducationNational Network…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY SERVICES INC: $133,675 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE…+3 more: $55,000 · EducationAMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LIFE CENTER: $300,000 · Human ServicesAMELIA ANN A…REGIONAL ACCESS PROJECT FOUNDATION: $265,625 · Human ServicesREGIONAL ACC…HOPE OPPORTUNITY PURPOSE EMPOWERMENT CULTURE INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesHOPE OPPORTU…Child and Family Policy Institute of California: $30,800 · Human Services+4 more: $66,043 · Human Services+4 morePUBLIC COUNSEL: $305,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC LAW CENTER: $30,000 · Crime & LegalFresno Barrios Unidos: $20,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,850 · Crime & LegalCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $121,393 · Public Benefit
Other$2,797,108Health$1,458,328Youth Development$1,245,700Education$1,176,972Human Services$862,468Crime & Legal$365,850Public Benefit$121,393

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $1,015,000 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA: $991,751 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $802,529 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHealth Connected: $498,297 over 5y, 12% of budgetNational Network of State Teachers of the Year: $490,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $379,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $330,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $305,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAMELIA ANN ADAMS WHOLE LIFE CENTER: $300,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetKIDS IN KONFLICT INC: $300,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetREGIONAL ACCESS PROJECT FOUNDATION: $265,625 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetChildren's Home of Stockton Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBe Smooth Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHOPE OPPORTUNITY PURPOSE EMPOWERMENT CULTURE INC: $200,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY SERVICES INC: $133,675 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWESTCOAST CHILDREN'S CLINIC: $126,669 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $121,393 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOLIVE VIEW-UCLA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUE INC: $112,630 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFOSTERING UNITY: $107,801 over 3y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIntegral Community Solutions Institute: $65,625 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $33,441 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESTINATION INNOVATION INC: $31,400 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetChild and Family Policy Institute of California: $30,800 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC LAW CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY AGENCY FOR RESOURCES ADVOCACY & SERVICES: $26,667 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetCalifornia Youth Connection: $26,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFresno Barrios Unidos: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMILPA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $17,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSilicon Valley De-Bug: $16,667 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUBUNTU VILLAGE NOLA: $15,700 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $15,700 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENTE ORGANIZADA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCATING 4 KIDS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetYOUTH LAW CENTER: $10,850 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEducational Results Partnership: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $7,009 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The California Endowm…The California Wellne…Liberty Hill Foundati…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Sierra Health Foundat…Tides CenterConrad N Hilton Found…The Heising-Simons Fo…Weingart FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…Californians For Just…Tides Foundation
The California EndowmentCA32.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 National Center for Youth Law funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Center for Youth Law. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 53 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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    where grant money is based, and what stays home