Colorado · Public charity
Young Life
YOUNG LIFE is a ministry to help adolescents around the world become exposed to the person of jesus christ. This is accomplished in a variety of ways desgined to provide personal, religious experiences. (continued on schedule o)included are weekly club meetings, small group bible studies, nationwide camping programs, and short-term…
- $20M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $13M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,368,599
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $440M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Young Life funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $13M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $12M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $7.2M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $62M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $18M | 60% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $8.7M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $4.8M | 73% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $11M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Life Foundation | $136,128,523 | 9 | n/a |
| Dale Community Center | $220,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Military Community Youth Ministries | $212,472 | 4 | 8% |
| Ark Angels Inc | $175,190 | 5 | n/a |
| Infaith | $155,950 | 4 | 1% |
| Trinity Grace Church | $103,252 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission India | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Matrix Ministries | $78,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Campus Ministry at Grand Rapids Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Youth With a Mission Denver Inc | $72,600 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Life Foundation | $136,128,523 | 9 | n/a |
| Dale Community Center | $220,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Military Community Youth Ministries | $212,472 | 4 | 8% |
| Ark Angels Inc | $175,190 | 5 | n/a |
| Infaith | $155,950 | 4 | 1% |
| Trinity Grace Church | $103,252 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission India | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Matrix Ministries | $78,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Campus Ministry at Grand Rapids Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Youth With a Mission Denver Inc | $72,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Stillwater Ministries | $72,500 | 1 | 36% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Suncoast Inc | $67,985 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation | $57,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Child Sponsorship Program Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Church of the Redeemer | $42,079 | 5 | n/a |
| Dads Divine Alternatives for Dads Services | $37,950 | 2 | 4% |
| Youth Mentoring Worldwide Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Beacon Christian Community Health Center | $30,523 | 1 | 0% |
| Highlander Pride | $27,553 | 1 | n/a |
| Refuge Foundation | $25,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Development Worldwide | $24,203 | 1 | n/a |
| Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota | $21,573 | 2 | n/a |
| Overflow Community Church | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $18,044 | 2 | 0% |
| Shiloh Ministries Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Church | $14,959 | 2 | n/a |
| Truela Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Chapel | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Conservative Baptist Assoc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevate Tampa Bay Inc | $5,348 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Young Life supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Young Life
- How much does Young Life give?
- Young Life reported 10 itemized grants totaling $12,619,010, out of $20,380,337 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Young Life fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (99%), Religion (1%), Housing & Shelter (0%).
- Who are Young Life's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Life Foundation ($136M), Dale Community Center ($221k), Military Community Youth Ministries ($212k).
- Does Young Life fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Young Life?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Young Life based?
- Young Life is based in CO.
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