Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Youth Service America
Youth Service America is on a mission to make working together for the common good the common expectation and common experience of every young person in America. YSA activates young people ages 5-25 to find their voice take action and acquire powerful civic and 21st Century skills as they solve problems facing their communities. YSA…
- $517k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $266,692
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $861k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Youth Service America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureCommunity 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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $517k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $337k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $726k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $550k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $456k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $288k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $477k | 95% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $510k | 100% |
97% 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$1.5MEducation$407kHuman Services$117kCommunity Improvement$84kPhilanthropy$70kArts & Culture$70kPublic Benefit$58kInternational$41kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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NC
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DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Genesee County | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $55,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Scrap Gallery | $53,200 | 7 | 11% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $47,000 | 1 | n/a |
| My Sister s Keeper | $45,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for Acknowledging the Values Accomplishments and Lives Of | $45,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Leaders Readers Network | $43,500 | 5 | 19% |
| Generationnation Inc | $39,500 | 3 | 12% |
| Minnesota Assoc of Family Career and Community Leaders of America | $36,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $32,030 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Genesee County | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $55,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Scrap Gallery | $53,200 | 7 | 11% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $47,000 | 1 | n/a |
| My Sister s Keeper | $45,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for Acknowledging the Values Accomplishments and Lives Of | $45,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Leaders Readers Network | $43,500 | 5 | 19% |
| Generationnation Inc | $39,500 | 3 | 12% |
| Minnesota Assoc of Family Career and Community Leaders of America | $36,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $32,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Alvord Unified School District | $29,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Amazing Testimonies Incorporated | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Gina's Ink Incorporated (Change My World Now) | $24,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore | $22,000 | 3 | 2% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $21,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Family Career & Community Leaders of Ame Montana Association | $20,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Camp Fire | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Farmers of America Barnesville Mn Alumni As | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the North | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YWCA USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Volunteer Center of South Jersey | $19,500 | 1 | 18% |
| Community Youth Concepts | $18,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Learn and Serve Tampa Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 66% |
| Black Girls Rock of Ms | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Women of Promise Inc | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| After-School All-Stars | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothersisters of Johnson Cnty | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest | $16,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Swat Foundation Inc | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Girard College | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Laboratory School | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oklahoma City Public Schools | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Women's Preparatory Network | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bellmore-Merrick Chsd John F Kennedy High School | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of the Plains Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Better Chance a Better Community | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Maryland Youth and the Law Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Carter County Drug Prevention Coalition | $12,750 | 2 | 3% |
| 5th Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dream It Forward Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Mattoon Area Family YMCA Christian Association | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| After-School All-Stars Hawaii | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls Lives Ultimately Empowered Divinely Inc | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Gamebred Youth & Families Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kahoomiki | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Volunteer Center of Morgan County | $9,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Morning Bishop Theatre Playhou | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenhouse International Church | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Organized Youth Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Blue Ridge Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Mission For Relief & Development | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Career and Community Leaders of America Inc Indiana Family Career & Community | $9,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Prep Public Schools | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana 4-H Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Proact Community Partnerships Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Coahoma Community College | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alder Avenue Middle School | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Uplift Education | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The California 4-H Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cobb Collaborative Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Worcester Public Library | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirkwood School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Espiritu Community Development Corp | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Foundations Charter School | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Fire USA Sunshine Council Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clark County School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Leadership Institute of Erie | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nest4us | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Troy School District | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Csea Unit 0870-831603 Suffolk Cty Eastport South Manor Csd Clerical | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redhouse Arts Center Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Burlington Township School District | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Shining Stars Leadership Academy | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Katie's Krops | $6,600 | 1 | 4% |
| Stafford County | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| El Paso Indep School District | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryknoll Schools | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Charleston South Carolina | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel School District 403 | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clayton County Board of Commissioners | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Positive Alternative Recreation Teambuilding Impacting Program | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Wareham | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ripley Union Lewis Huntington School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Educational Empowerment Group | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana 4-H Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Houston | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Favor House | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| So What Else Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lewiston Public Schools | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Team Kids Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arlington Alliance for Youth Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Care Community Consortium Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Franklin High School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The School Board of Broward County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love a Sea Turtle- Last | $5,400 | 1 | 5% |
| Branchburg Central Middle School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richardson Independent School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts and College Preparatory Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| School District of Hillsborough County | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Youth Service America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 55.
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.
Share Our StrengthDC20.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Share Our Strength · GenYOUTH Incorporated · IOLA Foundation · One Warm Coat · Tradewind Group Foundation · New York Life Foundation · Keep America Beautiful Inc · Good Sports Inc · NRA Foundation Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Round It Up America Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 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.
About Youth Service America
- How much does Youth Service America give?
- Youth Service America reported 20 grants totaling $517,133 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Youth Service America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (38%), Education (10%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Youth Service America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Genesee County ($150k), Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services ($56k), The Scrap Gallery ($53k).
- Does Youth Service America fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Youth Service America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Our Strength, GenYOUTH Incorporated, IOLA Foundation.
- Where is Youth Service America based?
- Youth Service America is based in DC.
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