Alaska · Public charity
Spirit of Youth
Spirit of Youth is dedicated to creating and promoting the opportunities for Youth Involvement in their communities by increasing civic engagement, building leadership, and providing media recognition of the positive contributions Youth are making statewide.
- $24k
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $21k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $103k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Spirit of Youth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $42k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $58k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $43k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| League of Women Voters of Anchorage | $111,250 | 5 | 56% |
| Story Works Alaska | $62,756 | 4 | 18% |
| Ccthita | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Community of Alaska | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bering Sea Fishermens Association | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| League of Women Voters of Alaska | $12,120 | 1 | n/a |
| NAMI Anchorage | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Aidvantageus Dept Education | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Anchorage High School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Spirit of Youth
- How much does Spirit of Youth give?
- Spirit of Youth reported 2 itemized grants totaling $21,000, out of $24,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spirit of Youth fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (36%), Public Benefit (25%), Civil Rights (21%).
- Who are Spirit of Youth's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: League of Women Voters of Anchorage ($111k), Story Works Alaska ($63k), Ccthita ($17k).
- Does Spirit of Youth fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spirit of Youth?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Spirit of Youth based?
- Spirit of Youth is based in AK.
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