Ohio · Nonprofit
AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP
AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,875 to it, the largest being AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($102,450). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $218k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $248k
- Net assets
- $87k
What Akron Youth Mentorship does
Mission
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As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mentorship initiatives ayms mentorship initiative puts a positive adult influence in the lives of its 100+ students and provides a safe atmosphere for students to grow and develop into successful young adults. Through the time that mentors spend with mentees trust is built to give a platform for mentees to make decisions that will put them in a position of success as they grow older. Ultimately Akron Youth Mentorships goal is to help youth make the best decisions every moment of every day.
$213,210 spent91% of program spendingEducation initiative aym believes education is a key factor in learning positive work ethics and decision-making skills. Taym supports students wherever they attend school (most in akron public schools and surrounding charter schools) with advocating between teachers and parents providing tutoring and a 3rd grade reading program that supports the 3rd grade reading guarantee. An intrinisic motivator for our students is our academic incentives for mentees (aim). Middle and high school students can turn in their report cards each quarter and earn money based on a pay scale depending on their grades in each class
$6,436 spent3% of program spendingCamp initiative aym seeks to maintain relationships with its students throughout the entire year. During the summer months the organization invests in camp experiences in northeast ohio. These experiences allow for our students to have life-changing experiences and supports aym s core values.
$15,382 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,028.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $152k to $91k (−41%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2022 26% · 2023 36% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
109% of AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ron Kent
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $3k → $35k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 29% · 2019 47% · 2020 34% · 2021 48% · 2022 47% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $93k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP's revenue grew 64% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP?
- AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,875 to it, the largest being AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($102,450). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $247,875 in grants to AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP?
- AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $102,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing