California · Public charity
The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc
"to reach out and give a helping hand to as many youngsters as possible, to nurture and to encourage them to keep their heads up despite the adversities and challenges they face. To provide the with a chance at a better future so they can prosper in life and in our communities."
- $71k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $46k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,199
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $607k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etm-La Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California Inc | $25,212 | 2 | 3% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Korean Health Education Information and Research Center | $8,758 | 1 | 0% |
| PF Bresee Foundation | $6,979 | 1 | 0% |
| Kiwanis Literacy Club of Southern California | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
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 Ralph M Parsons Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc
- How much does The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc give?
- The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $46,496, out of $71,283 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (66%), Youth Development (16%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Etm-La Inc ($65k), Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California Inc ($25k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley ($25k).
- Does The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc based?
- The Heads Up Youth Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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