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Youthforce Nola

YOUTHFORCE NOLA fuels a movement that equips young people to graduate high school on a path to career success.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$446k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$5.0MEmployment$1.6MArts & Culture$449kCommunity Improvement$264kYouth Development$175kInternational$76k
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 21 grants below total $2,017,583 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,103,652 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $86,069 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $236k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $990k
  • $250k+2 grants · $785k
$68,150
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATION SPARK$446,393
NEW ORLEANS CAREER CENTER$338,653
INSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS$182,849
KIPP NEW ORLEANS INC$166,123
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER$120,221
WARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOU$119,118
COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES$96,441
STEM NOLA$90,000
NEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS CENT$76,122
UNCOMMON CONSTRUCTION INC$71,209
EDUCATORS FOR QUALITY ALTERNA$68,150
FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE & MAT$40,000
INSTITUTE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELL$38,733
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
GREATER NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPME$22,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–19, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $75k → 23%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $25k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.6M · 26 repeat orgs$956k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +83% since the first grant, against +37% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
13

Total granted

$6.6M
$440k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+37%

Still filing today

81%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $516k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesInternationalEmploymentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS CAREER CENTER
    5× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +272%
  • IC
    INSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS
    5× · 2018–2024 · $601k · revenue +91%
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS CENTER INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $449k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • CONNECTED THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER
    one grant, 2018 · $97k · revenue -35%
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDER
    one grant, 2018 · $80k
  • JA
    Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $76k · revenue +18%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The New American Academy Charter School

The new american academy charter school empowers learners and inspires leaders to make this a better world. through our collaborative teacher teams, mastery-based career ladder, and looping cycles, we offer personalized rigorous…

Education
2
New Harmony High Institute

New Harmony High School empowers each student to actively direct their own learning. As our name suggests, students will work to find new harmonies in order to restore balance that has been lost in our coastal communities, finding new ways…

Education
3
Libertas College Preparatory

The mission of libertas college preparatory charter school is to equip middle school students in grades 4-8 with the academic skills and the strength of character needed to thrive in and graduate from high-performing high schools and…

Education
4
Baton Rouge College Preparatory Inc

Baton rouge college preparatory charter school equips all students in grades five through twelve with the knowledge, skills, and character necessary to excel in college and in life.

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5
Crescent City Schools

The mission of crescent city schools is to support, develop and manage open enrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college.

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6
Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle Orleans

The mission of ecole bilingue is to develop globally literate students through a rigorous bilingual french-american curriculum, set in a nurturing and multicultural community. we guide our students to excel academically, foster their…

Education
7
New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium

Delivery of higher educational services to the public.

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8
Community Academies of New Orleans Inc

Community academies' mission is to cultivate schools that nurture students' character and critical thinking ability in responsive learning environments, thereby equipping them to be impactful community leaders.

Education
9
Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle Orleans

Provide free, public french immersion education and prepare students to matriculate in the finest colleges of the world.

Education
10
Isidore Newman School

Newman inspires individual growth and academic excellence within an inclusive community committed to strong relationships and high expectations.

Education
11
Ace Tech Charter High School

The school was established to provide for students the highest levels of instruction and academic achievement combined with exemplary character development that will prepare them for post-secondary and apprenticeship education and…

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12
Next Generation Education Dba Epic California Academy

To fulfill every student's individual potential by personalizing an educational plan that focuses on school and family partnership to achieve optimal student performance.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Collegiate Academies and the most unlike its peers is Operation Spark. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 19 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr15%12%5–10yr21%46%10–20yr18%27%20–35yr9%8%35–55yr12%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr15%29%5–10yr21%46%10–20yr18%11%20–35yr9%12%35–55yr12%2%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/29
the rest of the field
18%
559/3,097

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NEW ORLEANS CAREER CENTER — $1,186,678 · EducationNEW ORLEANS CAREER CENTEROperation Spark — $1,062,681 · EducationOperation SparkINSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS — $600,705 · EducationINSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLSCOLLEGIATE ACADEMIES — $416,102 · EducationCOLLEGIATE ACADEMIESON RAMPS DBA NEW ORLEANS TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDER — $270,924 · EducationKIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC — $252,665 · EducationRENEW - REINVENTING EDUCATION — $225,267 · EducationNEW ORLEANS MILITARY AND MARITIME ACADEMY INC — $204,000 · EducationROOTED SCHOOL — $180,374 · Education+11 more — $950,936 · Education+11 moreNEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS CENTER INC — $448,632 · OtherNEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS …JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER NEW O — $360,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GRE…NEW ORLEANS TECHNICAL EDUCATION PRO — $142,852 · OtherNEW ORLEANS TECHNICAL EDU…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER — $120,221 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GRE…WARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOU — $119,118 · OtherWARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL…NEW ORLEANS TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDER — $80,000 · OtherEDUCATORS FOR QUALITY ALTERNA — $68,150 · Other+15 more — $356,821 · Other+15 moreCENTER FOR THE INNOVATIVE TRAINING OF YOUTH INC — $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentunCommon Construction Inc — $85,258 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $164,000 · Community ImprovementURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA — $100,000 · Human ServicesJunior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc — $76,000 · InternationalPER SCHOLAS INC — $7,500 · Employment
Education$5,350,332Other$1,695,794Youth Development$175,258Community Improvement$164,000Human Services$100,000International$76,000Employment$7,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEW ORLEANS CAREER CENTER — $1,186,678 over 5y, 18% of budgetOperation Spark — $1,062,681 over 5y, 18% of budgetINSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS — $600,705 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS CENTER INC — $448,632 over 5y, 20% of budgetCOLLEGIATE ACADEMIES — $416,102 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetON RAMPS DBA NEW ORLEANS TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDER — $270,924 over 3y, 28% of budgetKIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC — $252,665 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRENEW - REINVENTING EDUCATION — $225,267 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MILITARY AND MARITIME ACADEMY INC — $204,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetROOTED SCHOOL — $180,374 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetWARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC DBA WARREN EASTON CHARTER SCHOOL — $178,281 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE EINSTEIN GROUP INC — $174,071 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $164,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetMORRIS JEFF COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $143,371 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEDUCATORS FOR QUALITY ALTERNATIVES INC — $125,293 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA — $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCENTER FOR THE INNOVATIVE TRAINING OF YOUTH INC — $90,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetunCommon Construction Inc — $85,258 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC — $79,936 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc — $76,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetLIVING SCHOOL INC — $64,536 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $42,664 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Orleans College Preparatory Academie — $31,966 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $31,251 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern New Hampshire University — $21,978 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION INC — $20,494 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetADVOCATES FOR ART-BASED EDUCATION CORP — $15,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater New Orlea…New Schools for New O…Pro Bono Publico Foun…Baptist Community Min…United Way of Southea…The Gpoa FoundationThe Booth-Bricker FundEntergy Charitable Fo…Keller Family Foundat…Second Harvest Food B…Project Lead the Way …Agenda for Children
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA48.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · New Schools for New Orleans Inc · Pro Bono Publico Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · The Gpoa Foundation · The Booth-Bricker Fund · Entergy Charitable Foundation · Keller Family Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · Project Lead the Way Inc · Agenda for Children

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Youthforce Nola funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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