California · Public charity
Youth Speaks Inc
Youth speaks creates safe spaces to empower the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies. We challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Ultimately, we hope to shift the perceptions of youth by combating…
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2017
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2017
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2017
- Itemized, FY2017
- $773k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2017
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2017
- $100,000
- States reached, FY2017
- 13
- Total assets, FY2017
- $6.7M
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 FY2017, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Chicago Authors | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Urban Word NYC Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Words Beats and Life Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 12% |
| University of California Davis | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Insideout Literary Arts Project | $55,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Writers in the Schools | $52,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Word Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| First Peoples Fund | $37,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Masspoetry Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 17% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Chicago Authors | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Urban Word NYC Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Words Beats and Life Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 12% |
| University of California Davis | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Insideout Literary Arts Project | $55,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Writers in the Schools | $52,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Word Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| First Peoples Fund | $37,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Masspoetry Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Kuumba Lynx | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Arts Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intersection for the Arts | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| With Our Words | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Twp-The Youth Movement | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Southwest Institute for Learning Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ryse Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Youth Speaks Inc supplied at peak.
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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: The Poetry Foundation · The Academy of American Poets Inc · Surdna Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Youth Speaks Inc
- How much does Youth Speaks Inc give?
- Youth Speaks Inc reported 20 itemized grants totaling $773,000, out of $1,008,127 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2017 IRS filing.
- What does Youth Speaks Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2017, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Youth Development (23%), Education (21%).
- Who are Youth Speaks Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2017: Young Chicago Authors ($100k), Urban Word NYC Inc ($100k), Words Beats and Life Inc ($75k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Youth Speaks Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Poetry Foundation, The Academy of American Poets Inc, Surdna Foundation Inc.
- Where is Youth Speaks Inc based?
- Youth Speaks Inc is based in CA.
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