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COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $936,015 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS YOUTHBUILD COALITION INC ($785,015). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.2M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$936k
Net assets
$-61433
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Community Youth Development Institute does

Mission

Community Youth Development Institute (CYDI) provides alternative schooling for at-risk teenagers through grants and contracts with Youth Connection Charter School, Alternative School Network, the City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community Youth Development Institute High School (CYDI) offers work based learning for all students and a unique opportunity to learn and earn money while enrolled at CYDI. Students have multiple opportunities to receive employment during the summer as well as academic year and training with curriculum job readiness. The program is designed to improve options for CYDI students, to better prepare them for college and career, and to provide work-based learning experiences to all our studentsThis program is a critical component of helping our youth access local career fields with relatively low barriers for entry and the opportunities to make money faster.

    $2,569,310 spent$2,838,762 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,569,310.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($25k)2018 Revenue 117 ($2.2M) Expenses 119 ($2.1M) Net assets 800 ($197k)2019 Revenue 121 ($2.3M) Expenses 122 ($2.1M) Net assets 1633 ($402k)2020 Revenue 114 ($2.2M) Expenses 126 ($2.2M) Net assets 1685 ($415k)2021 Revenue 114 ($2.2M) Expenses 128 ($2.2M) Net assets 1545 ($381k)2022 Revenue 131 ($2.5M) Expenses 133 ($2.3M) Net assets 2399 ($591k)2023 Revenue 134 ($2.6M) Expenses 163 ($2.8M) Net assets 1347 ($332k)2024 Revenue 198 ($3.8M) Expenses 216 ($3.7M) Net assets 1531 ($377k)2025 Revenue 167 ($3.2M) Expenses 210 ($3.6M) Net assets -249 ($-61433)
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Revenue (167)Expenses (210)Net assets (-249)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $865k to $2.1M (+142%).

$338k
$390k
$533k
$757k
$748k
$865k
$2.1M
$2.6M
$2.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
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2020
2021
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 93% · 2018 98% · 2019 97% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 87% · 2023 99% · 2024 99% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$184k
’17
$173k
’18
$205k
’19
$13k
’20
−$34k
’21
$210k
’22
−$259k
’23
$54k
’24
−$439k
’25
0.1
months of
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

Aaron L Royster Jr

Chief Executive Officer

Board chair

Mable Royster

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $25k.

Funder
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total
Forefrontunclassified
$100k
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3

From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 6 funders by total. 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

COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

95% 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 COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.

84%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Illinois out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.9M on record — $11.9M federal, $85k state.

Federal$11.9M
grants $3.8Mcontracts $8.1M
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Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$4.4M
  • Department of Health and Human Services$3.7M
  • Department of Labor$3.7M
  • Environmental Protection Agency$145k
State$85k
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Top programs
  • FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $84k
  • REFUNDS - GENERAL $773

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

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 Illinois

Chicago Youth Centers80%MYSI Corporation79%Chicago Youth Programs Inc77%Community Youth Network Inc77%Youth Outreach Services Inc77%Lifestyles Academy Inc76%Youth Service Bureau76%The Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids76%

Nationally

Comprehensive Youth Development Inc81%Chicago Youth Centers80%Youth Development Initiatives79%Youth Development Institute79%MYSI Corporation79%Camden Center for Youth Development Inc79%Family and Youth Initiative Inc78%Community for Youth78%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 29%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE?
COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $936,015 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS YOUTHBUILD COALITION INC ($785,015). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $936,015 in grants to COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE?
ILLINOIS YOUTHBUILD COALITION INC is the largest funder on record, with $785,015 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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