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Young Future Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$625k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Science & Tech$875kAnimals$676kEducation$348kSocial Science$30kHealth$24kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$20kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $137k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $625k
$12,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$625,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA$150,000
MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC$50,000
FARM SANCTUARY$50,000
GIVING FUND$26,000
Individual grant recipient$15,206
GENTLE BARN$15,000
PETA$15,000
VEGAN OUTREACH$12,500
COLLEGE POSSIBLE$12,500
SALE RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY$10,412
IOWA FARM SANCTUARY$10,000
ROWDY GIRL SANCTUARY$10,000
WOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY$10,000
ONE TREE PLANTED$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 (FY23–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING INC: $10k → 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

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
NJ
CA
VA
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 15 repeat orgs$193k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$1.9M
$139k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+44%

Still filing today

80%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesCommunity 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

  • Purdue Research Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $875k · revenue +39%
  • FS
    FARM SANCTUARY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $180k · revenue +7%
  • CP
    COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $48k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • RU
    Rush University Medical Center
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +4%
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
3
Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary

Our mission at Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary is to provide a safe, loving and permanent home for rescued farmed animals whom are not accepted at most shelters. In addition to providing life-long care for the animals, we are dedicated to…

Animals
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Martha's Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
6
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
7
Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary
Animals
8
Grace Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctu
Animals
9
Animal Equality

Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.

Animals
10
Institute for Animal Happiness

Growing respect and acceptance for veganism through our dedicated work of rescue and creative care, impactful vegan food programs, vibrant education, and consistent advocacy; all strengthened by our engagement with a rising global network…

Animals
11
Karma Farm Sanctuary Inc
Animals
12
Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc

Catskill animal sanctuary rescues farmed animals, ignites social change to end their exploitation, and champions vegan living.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm Sanctuary Inc; the most unlike its peers is College Possible Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Purdue Research Foundation: $875,000 · EducationPurdue Research FoundationCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $47,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINAMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $225,000 · OtherMERCY FOR ANIMALS INCGIVING FUND: $32,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+10 more: $82,232 · Other+10 moreFARM SANCTUARY INC: $180,000 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INCTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $50,000 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDAT…PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $35,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL …BARN SANCTUARY: $30,000 · AnimalsBARN SANCTUARYRowdy Girl Sanctuary Inc: $30,000 · AnimalsRowdy Girl Sanctuary In…IOWA FARM SANCTUARY: $30,000 · AnimalsIOWA FARM SANCTUARYWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL S…AUSTIN FARM SANCTUARY AKA FULLER-WIGGS FARMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $21,023 · Animals+5 more: $32,578 · Animals+5 moreTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Social ScienceRush University Medical Center: $20,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthBRAINUP INC: $1,000 · HealthVEGAN OUTREACH INC: $12,500 · Food & NutritionNew Roots Institute: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCompassion in World Farming Inc: $10,300 · Human Services
Education$922,500Other$664,232Animals$433,601Social Science$30,000Health$23,500Food & Nutrition$22,500Human Services$10,300

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 budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $875,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $180,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBARN SANCTUARY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRowdy Girl Sanctuary Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetIOWA FARM SANCTUARY: $30,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAUSTIN FARM SANCTUARY AKA FULLER-WIGGS FARMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $21,023 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVEGAN OUTREACH INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALE RANCH SANCTUARY: $10,412 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCompassion in World Farming Inc: $10,300 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNew Roots Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWILLOW HOUSE: $8,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCows Come Home Sanctuary: $5,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetSEATTLE AREA FELINE RESCUE FKA ANIMAL TALK RESCUE: $3,575 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $2,591 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAINUP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…Dts Charitable Founda…ImpactassetsincAbbVie FoundationThe Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC13.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Dts Charitable Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Young Future Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Young Future Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Young Future Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Young Future Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 36 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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