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Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children

Youth, improving non-profits for children (d/b/a "youth inc") strengthens youth-serving nonprofits by equipping them with the tools, resources, and strategies to overcome barriers, achieve sustainable growth, and expand their impact.

$204k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$3.4MEducation$3.2MArts & Culture$1.7MHealth$1.6MRecreation & Sports$862kHuman Services$664kCrime & Legal$244kPhilanthropy$173kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $166,875, the rows itemized in this filing. The $203,875 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $37,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $158k
$13,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEAM CENTER INC$28,375
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE$25,000
YOUNG NEW YORKERS INC$20,000
BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC$18,500
YOUTH REPRESENT INC$13,500
ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILY COALITION OF NEW YORK$13,500
VIBE THEATER EXPERIENCE$13,500
DRAMA CLUB INC$13,500
DIRECTIONS FOR OUR YOUTH$12,000
TEACHERS AND WRITERS COLLABORATIVE INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, 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%You Gotta Believe: $28k → 20%You Gotta Believe: $18k → 20%GallopNYC: $10k → 13%GallopNYC: $8k → 13%THE ARTHUR PROJECT INC: $25k → 17%Hour Children Inc: $28k → 13%The Arthur Project: $13k → 17%GallopNYC: $213k → 20%Hour Children Inc: $26k → 13%The Reading Team: $86k → 17%The Reading Team: $10k → 17%New York Center for Children: $10k → 17%The Reading Team: $8k → 17%New York Center for Children: $8k → 17%YOU GOTTA BELIEVE: $25k → 17%INCLUDEnyc: $10k → 17%INCLUDEnyc: $8k → 17%Fresh Youth Initiatives: $51k → 17%Fresh Youth Initiatives: $26k → 17%Fresh Youth Initiatives: $23k → 17%The Teak Fellowship: $148k → 17%The Teak Fellowship: $143k → 17%The Teak Fellowship: $66k → 17%The Teak Fellowship: $61k → 17%ROADS TO SUCCESS INC: $28k → 17%Roads to Success: $25k → 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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 79 repeat orgs$900k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 72 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
22

Total granted

$11M
$859k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+31%

Still filing today

94%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MS
    MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.0M · revenue +89%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $552k · revenue +2%
  • BC
    BEAM CENTER INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $459k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • TW
    TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +102%
  • AD
    ATLAS DIY CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $134k
  • TP
    The Parris Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $109k · revenue +35% · 30% of their budget
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
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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2
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
3
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
4
Stem Kids Nyc

To bridge the gap between the current school curriculum and the immediate need for schools to prepare students for STEM skills and for jobs that do not yet exist.

Education
5
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
6
King Hoops United

Empower the youth of new york city through basketball, providing them with academic enrichment, career development, and a strong sense of community to unlock their full potential

Youth Development
7
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc

Reel works mentors, inspires and empowers underserved nyc youth to share their stories through filmmaking, creating a springboard to successful careers in media and beyond.

Youth Development
8
Brooklyn Youth Sports Club Inc

The purpose of the organization is to build an enriching educational setting for under-served brooklyn youth, using athletics as a vehicle to inspire them to fulfill their academic, physical, and personal potential. bkysc is driven by an…

Recreation & Sports
9
Luria Academy of Brooklyn

Luria academy is a child-centered environment dedicated to academic excellence and a sophisticated knowledge of jewish text and jewish heritage. located in the prospect heights neighborhood of brookly, luria academy is a jewish…

Education
10
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
11
Arete Education Inc

Arete operates afterschool and summer programs in new york city public schools

Youth Development
12
Brooklyn Charter School

Students are prepared to meet the needs of an ever changing technological and global society. we use the latest technology in our classrooms as an integral part of its curriculum approach. this approach is based on the latest research in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Roads to Success Inc; the most unlike its peers is Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 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

101 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 101 of the 105 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/101
Grantees still filing
77/101
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Barnabas High School: $607,486 · OtherSt Barnabas High SchoolROAD TO SUCCESS: $546,650 · OtherROAD TO SUCCESSBEAM CENTER INC: $459,242 · OtherBEAM CENTER INCPARENTCHILD INC: $189,411 · OtherADOPTIVE & FOSTER FAMILY COALITION OF NEW YORK: $176,867 · OtherATLAS DIY CORPORATION: $133,782 · OtherHARLEM RBI INC: $182,076 · OtherAMERICA SCORES: $274,348 · OtherAMERICA SCORESYOUTH REPRESENT INC: $128,502 · Other+24 more: $1,080,747 · Other+24 moreChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $388,427 · EducationChildren of Fallen …TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDAT…BEHIND THE BOOK INC: $216,525 · EducationBEHIND THE BOOK INCTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $182,076 · EducationTHE NEW YORK OPPORT…LITERACY INC: $178,957 · EducationLITERACY INCGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $155,267 · EducationGEORGE JACKSON ACAD…826NYC Inc: $138,194 · Education826NYC IncCOMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $96,500 · EducationFAN4KIDS: $70,000 · EducationAMERICA ON TECH INC: $68,000 · Education+9 more: $280,139 · Education+9 moreMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,003,346 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $552,324 · HealthRONALD MCDONAL…+1 more: $5,333 · HealthARTS IGNITE INC: $428,000 · Arts & CultureARTS IGNITE IN…DRAMA CLUB INC: $243,730 · Arts & CultureDRAMA CLUB INCVIBE THEATER EXPERIENCE INC: $196,544 · Arts & CultureVIBE THEATER E…Opening Act Inc: $138,000 · Arts & CultureOpening Act In…GIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $136,813 · Arts & CultureGIRL BE HEARD …STEM FROM DANCE INC: $89,789 · Arts & CultureSTEM FROM DANC…BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $83,000 · Arts & CultureBLOOMINGDALE S…THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $65,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $137,500 · Arts & Culture+8 moreCHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC: $305,867 · Recreation & SportsCHESS-IN-T…PLAY RUGBY INC: $259,952 · Recreation & SportsPLAY RUGBY…I CHALLENGE MYSELF INC: $186,690 · Recreation & SportsI CHALLENG…POWERPLAY NYC INC: $102,500 · Recreation & SportsPOWERPLAY …South Bronx United Inc: $78,500 · Recreation & SportsSouth Bron…HUDSON RIVER COMMUNITY SAILING INC: $58,500 · Recreation & SportsMORRY'S CAMP INC: $58,500 · Recreation & Sports+6 more: $80,500 · Recreation & Sports+6 moreTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $418,762 · Human ServicesTHE TEAK F…GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $230,419 · Human ServicesGIVING ALT…READING TEAM INC: $103,418 · Human ServicesREADING TE…FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $99,650 · Human ServicesFRESH YOUT…YOU GOTTA BELIEVE - THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION & PERMANENCY MOVEMENT INC: $70,300 · Human ServicesYOU GOTTA …HOUR CHILDREN INC: $53,280 · Human ServicesROADS TO SUCCESS INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARTHUR PROJECT: $37,500 · Human Services+2 more: $35,000 · Human ServicesHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $364,569 · Youth DevelopmentFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC: $89,500 · Youth DevelopmentExtreme Kids and Crew Inc: $80,500 · Youth DevelopmentNYC FIRST Inc: $63,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER OF NYC INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEW YORK SCORES: $37,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $57,500 · Youth Development
Other$3,779,111Education$2,024,085Health$1,561,003Arts & Culture$1,518,376Recreation & Sports$1,131,009Human Services$1,101,329Youth Development$927,069

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,003,346 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $552,324 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC: $459,242 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetARTS IGNITE INC: $428,000 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $418,762 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $388,427 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $364,569 over 2y, 44% of budgetCHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC: $305,867 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetAMERICA SCORES: $274,348 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetPLAY RUGBY INC: $259,952 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetDRAMA CLUB INC: $243,730 over 6y, 24% of budgetGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $230,419 over 3y, 12% of budgetBEHIND THE BOOK INC: $216,525 over 5y, 24% of budgetVIBE THEATER EXPERIENCE INC: $196,544 over 6y, 20% of budgetPARENTCHILD INC: $189,411 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetI CHALLENGE MYSELF INC: $186,690 over 5y, 13% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $182,076 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $182,076 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLITERACY INC: $178,957 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetADOPTIVE & FOSTER FAMILY COALITION OF NEW YORK: $176,867 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $155,267 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budget826NYC Inc: $138,194 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetOpening Act Inc: $138,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $136,813 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetYOUTH REPRESENT INC: $128,502 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetThe Parris Foundation Inc: $109,168 over 1y, 30% of budgetREADING TEAM INC: $103,418 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetPOWERPLAY NYC INC: $102,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $99,650 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC: $96,905 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $96,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetYOUTH ACTION PROGRAMS AND HOMES INC: $92,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetSTEM FROM DANCE INC: $89,789 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC: $89,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $83,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Eagle Academy Foundation Inc: $81,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetExtreme Kids and Crew Inc: $80,500 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetSouth Bronx United Inc: $78,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetWILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS INC: $73,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetYOU GOTTA BELIEVE - THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION & PERMANENCY MOVEMENT INC: $70,300 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFAN4KIDS: $70,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetAMERICA ON TECH INC: $68,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetREAD AHEAD INC: $65,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNYC FIRST Inc: $63,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetWRITOPIA LAB INC: $62,639 over 3y, 1.1% 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.

Pinkerton FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…Brooklyn Community Fo…The New York Communit…American Express Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Lily Auchincloss Foun…Morgan Stanley Founda…Sparkyouth NYC IncWilliam T Grant Found…The Lazard Charitable…Pwc Foundation Inc
Pinkerton FoundationNY89.1× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · American Express Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Sparkyouth NYC Inc · William T Grant Foundation Inc · The Lazard Charitable Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc

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 Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Hands in for Youth Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
47report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 105 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home