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Youth Development 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.

$64k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,500
Organizations funded a year
25 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$2.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Youth Development Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEnvironmentInternationalEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving21$64k24%
FY202328$88k29%
FY202227$88k37%
FY202130$112k20%
FY202033$149k18%
FY201938$150k29%
FY201835$147k40%
FY201725$118kn/a
87% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$2.6MAnimals$418kEducation$101kHealth$52kCivil Rights$33kArts & Culture$25kYouth Development$22kHousing & Shelter$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
NY
OR
NV
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$75,00060%
Mercy for Animals Inc$43,73980%
Best Friends Animal Society$32,50080%
Animal Place$27,00060%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$22,50060%
Greenpeace Inc$20,00040%
Treepeople Inc$20,00070%
Earthjustice$20,00030%
Paws$20,0003n/a
Sea Turtle Conservancy$19,00060%
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Youth Development Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$75,00060%
Mercy for Animals Inc$43,73980%
Best Friends Animal Society$32,50080%
Animal Place$27,00060%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$22,50060%
Greenpeace Inc$20,00040%
Treepeople Inc$20,00070%
Earthjustice$20,00030%
Paws$20,0003n/a
Sea Turtle Conservancy$19,00060%
Catalina Island Humane Society Inc$17,000611%
Xerces Society Inc$17,00040%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$16,10040%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$16,00040%
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc$15,50032%
Pacific Wildlife Care$15,22061%
Higher Heights Leadership Fund$13,00042%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$12,50030%
Sierra Club$12,50030%
Bettertogether Forever$10,00021%
Environmental Nature Center$10,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$9,00030%
Captain Paul Watson Foundation$5,00010%
Indigenous Environmental Network$5,0001n/a
Sistersong Inc$5,00010%
Indian Law Resource Center$5,00010%
Hutchinson Street Cat Society$4,5003n/a
Performing Animal Welfare Society$4,50020%
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc$4,00020%
Woods Humane Society Inc$3,00010%
Yosemite Foundation$2,50010%
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art$2,5001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,40010%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$2,00010%
Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre$1,5001n/a
The Vegetarian Resource Group$1,00010%
Rancho Burro Donkey Sanctuary$1,00010%
Film Forever Northwest dba Hollywood Theatre$35010%
Hutchinson Public Library$1801n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($401k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Youth Development Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy for Animals Inc: $43,739 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $32,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Place: $27,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $22,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $20,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEarthjustice: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $19,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCatalina Island Humane Society Inc: $17,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee: $16,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPacific Wildlife Care: $15,220 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHigher Heights Leadership Fund: $13,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBettertogether Forever: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEnvironmental Nature Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCaptain Paul Watson Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSistersong Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIndian Law Resource Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPerforming Animal Welfare Society: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWoods Humane Society Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Vegetarian Resource Group: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRancho Burro Donkey Sanctuary: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFilm Forever Northwest dba Hollywood Theatre: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

The Summerlee FoundationTX13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Summerlee Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment 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.

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About Youth Development Foundation

How much does Youth Development Foundation give?
Youth Development Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $63,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Youth Development Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (77%), Animals (12%), Education (3%).
Who are Youth Development Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Nevada Reno Foundation ($75k), Mercy for Animals Inc ($44k), Best Friends Animal Society ($33k).
Does Youth Development Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Youth Development Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Youth Development Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Summerlee Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Youth Development Foundation based?
Youth Development Foundation is based in CA.

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 86 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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