Maryland · Nonprofit
AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM
AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,266,701 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($730,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $120k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $0
What American Youth Policy Forum does
Mission
The organization's purpose is to provide learning opportunities, to perform research and publish resources useful to policy makers and others working on youth-related issues at the local, state and national levels.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
System transformation aypf works to transform siloed systems (e.g., child welfare, juvenile justice, social services, and education) so that they are connected and equitable in nature, value personal strengths, and provide meaningful opportunities for success. Aypf partners with key policy and advocacy organizations to provide a curated forum for them to directly ground their work in the expertise of young people and focus on whole youth well-being. With young people at the forefront and in conjunction with a strong coalition of like-minded partner organizations, aypf seeks to develop the structure and collective force that will build the momentum necessary to create a new compelling narrative, as well as secure support for policies that remove barriers to youth success and create opportunities for young people to thrive.
$280,723 spent$10,000 earned by the program46% of program spendingYouth policy consultant program to create policies that reflect the strengths and realities of youth who experience systemic inequities, the lived experience of youth voice must be at the center of the policy process. With this in mind, aypf creates space for young people to meaningfully engage with policymakers on those policy issues that impact them the most: k-12 education, success in postsecondary education, pathways to work, and opportunities for economic security and mobility. Aypf's youth policy consultant program engages young people across the united states to share their perspectives based on their lived experience on various topics, such as education equity, hurdles to employment, and much-needed reforms to the justice and child welfare systems. Recognizing that numerous organizations have attempted with mixed success to include youth in policymaking, aypf is guided by a set of standards, informed by youth, research, and partner organizations, to create conditions that more fully support the young people with whom we work. Key elements include training, mentorship, and compensation for youth; compensation and collaborative partnership with organizations; and ongoing…
$323,966 spent$70,000 earned by the program54% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $604,689.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.8M to $1.0M (−44%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 49% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Board chair
Lorelle Espinosa
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $335k → $178k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM’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
AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 72% · 2019 97% · 2020 54% · 2021 100% · 2022 82% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
33% of AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM'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
AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
29%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM?
- AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,266,701 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($730,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,266,701 in grants to AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $730,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 8 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