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FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE

FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $135,000 to it, the largest being ARTICHOKE GARLIC FOUNDATION ($135,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$11k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$135k
Net assets
$59k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Ferndale Youth Assistance does

Mission

Ferndale Youth Assistance counsels potentially troubled ferndale public schools students and, if necessary,aids the families of these kids.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Smith-a memorial that provides a scholarship to a worthy counseled child and also adds support to the summer camp program.

    $3,000 spentof which $3,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

  2. Emergency needs- provides help to families of kids that are being counseled.

    $1,866 spentof which $1,866 as grants
    0% of program spending

  3. Programs-these funds provide guidance to families of kids that are being counseled and enriching those kids.

    $1,808 spentof which $1,808 as grants
    0% of program spending

  4. Camp- 7,625 a summer camp experience for counseled kids. Youth involvement and youth recognition-6,033 various activities that stimulate positve growth for kids. Scholarships- 2350 scholarships that are awarded to counseld kids.

    $565,230 spentof which $565,230 as grants
    99% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $571,904.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($34k) Expenses 100 ($51k) Net assets 100 ($23k)2020 Revenue 99 ($33k) Expenses 67 ($34k) Net assets 98 ($22k)2021 Revenue 32 ($11k) Expenses 23 ($12k) Net assets 97 ($22k)2022 Revenue 86 ($29k) Expenses 8 ($4k) Net assets 205 ($47k)2023 Revenue 3 ($985) Expenses 15 ($8k) Net assets 176 ($40k)2024 Revenue 1797 ($605k) Expenses 39 ($20k) Net assets 2747 ($625k)2025 Revenue 32 ($11k) Expenses 1139 ($577k) Net assets 260 ($59k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (32)Expenses (1139)Net assets (260)

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 $40k to $625k (+1462%).

$23k
$22k
$22k
$47k
$40k
$625k
$59k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$17k
’19
−$560
’20
−$947
’21
$25k
’22
−$7k
’23
$585k
’24
−$566k
’25
381
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.

Board chair

Kelly Collins

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $20k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
Michigan 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

Organizations like FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE

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 Michigan

Ferndale Education Foundation76%Fenton Area Public Schools Education Foundation74%Midland Kids First74%Fostering Hope in Michigan74%Royal Oak Youth Assistance74%Rochester Area Youth Assistance73%Orchards Children's Services Inc73%Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation73%

Nationally

Americas Youth Inc80%Noblesville Youth Assistance Inc77%Ferndale Education Foundation76%Friends of Ferris76%Youth Emergency Services Inc76%Fernbank Elementary School Foundation Inc76%Fernside Inc a Center for Grieving Children76%Smithville Community in Action75%
05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE?
FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $135,000 to it, the largest being ARTICHOKE GARLIC FOUNDATION ($135,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $135,000 in grants to FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE?
ARTICHOKE GARLIC FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FERNDALE YOUTH ASSISTANCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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