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The Forum for Youth Investment

Our mission is to advance equitable youth opportunities and outcomes through quality capacity building and policy action across systems and sectors.

$44k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$35k
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, FY2020 to 2023.

Civil Rights$496kSocial Science$475kEducation$269kYouth Development$125kCommunity Improvement$40kArts & Culture$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kPhilanthropy$15k
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS$35,000
MINNEAPOLIS YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD$9,000
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 (FY20–22, $365k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $125k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $125k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $115k → 17%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

ME
MN
NY
IA
IN
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 5 repeat orgs$408k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
12

Total granted

$1.0M
$408k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+21%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationSocial ScienceHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • AI
    AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
    3× · 2020–2022 · $475k · revenue +50%
  • NU
    NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $365k · revenue -65%
  • AA
    American Association of School Administrators Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIPgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $104k · revenue +25%
  • SC
    STRONG CITY BALTIMORE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $66k · revenue +42%
  • A3
    ALTRIA 360
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
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
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
2
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
3
Council of Chief State School Officers

Ccsso through leadership, advocacy and service, assists chief state school officers and their organizations in achieving the vision of an american education system that enables all children to succeed in school, work, and life.

Education
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
American Political Science Association

The american political science association ("apsa") supports excellence in scholarship and teaching and informed discourse about politics, policy, and civic participation. the association promotes a lively, diverse community of scholars,…

Social Science
6
National Association of Independent Schools Inc

As the largest association of independent schools, nais co-creates the future of education by uniting and empowering our community. we do this through thought leadership, research, creation and curation of resources, and direct…

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7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Consortium for School Networking

Empowering educational leaders to leverage technology to realize engaging learning environments.

Education
9
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc

The atlantic council, through its research and analysis, promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the atlantic community in meeting global challenges.

International
12
The Leadership Academy Inc

Harnessing leadership as a lever for change, we partner with education leaders through professional learning and coaching to transform schools and accelerate learning for all students.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is Communities in Schools of Va. 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

13 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. 13 of the 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $475,080 · Social ScienceAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN …NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $365,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INCIowa Department of Human Rights: $75,000 · OtherIowa Department of Human …STRONG CITY BALTIMORE INC: $66,000 · OtherSTRONG CITY BALTIMORE INCALTRIA 360: $40,000 · OtherALTRIA 360Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board: $34,000 · OtherMinneapolis Youth Coordin…VIVID STROIES: $27,130 · OtherVIVID STROIESUNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION …UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INC: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTE…TURNAROUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $22,500 · OtherTURNAROUND FOR CHILDREN I…COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC: $15,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: $103,975 · EducationCENTER FOR CREAT…American Association of School Administrators Inc: $100,000 · EducationAmerican Associa…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF VA: $15,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN S…THE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $26,250 · Youth DevelopmentFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Philanthropy
Social Science$475,080Human Services$365,000Other$329,630Education$218,975Youth Development$26,250Public Safety & Disaster$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000Philanthropy$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $475,080 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $365,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: $103,975 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Association of School Administrators Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $26,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetECLECTIC SOUL VOICES CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTURNAROUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF VA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Annie E Casey Foundat…Gates FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Forum for Youth Investment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Forum for Youth Investment. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 18 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 (FY2025) is on record and reports $18k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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