Texas · Nonprofit
Fortress Youth Development Center Inc
Fortress Youth Development Center Inc (Texas) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,757,080 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($611,417). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Fortress Youth Development Center Inc does
Mission
By building bridges from poverty to promise, we feel called to provide resources that bring hope to the lives of families working to end the cycle of generational poverty. Our dual-generation approach includes programs designed to ignite spiritually engage rationally and equip individuals academically.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fortress preschool is a full-time licensed preschool which provides small group and one-on-one instruction from our on-staff reading intervention specialist utilizing both technology and traditional teaching methods. Students are encouraged to build strong relationships with one another and with staff and volunteers. They are also given opportunities to explore new talents and skills that may open doors for creative play early literacy training and school readiness for children ages 18 months-4 years. Children enrolled in fortress preschool participate in both teacher and child-directed activities receive breakfast and lunch and enjoy both outside and inside play.
$873,618 spent$111,275 earned by the program82% of program spendingCacfp - the child and adult care food program cacfp is a federal usda initiative that provides financial reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks servied to eligible children and adults in participating daycares after-school programs and adult care facilities.
$35,212 spent$38,777 earned by the program3% of program spendingFortress summer is a daily bible-focused program which keeps children engaged in a fun safe environment while encouraging academic and spiritual growth. It employs the gifts and resources of visiting youth mission groups from across the country.
$7,175 spent1% of program spendingFortress after school provides programming for students who attend a neighborhood elementary school. In the classroom there is a shared academic focus on completing homework assignments and reading. Beyond that fortress teachers support school learning with engaging and hands-on activities such as art projects science experiments and outdoor learning. Students in need of extra academic support receive small group and one-on-one instruction from our on-staff reading intervention specialist utilizing both technology and traditional teaching methods. Time is allotted each week for outdoor play and games. Students are encouraged to build strong relationships with one another and with staff and volunteers. They are also given opportunities to explore new talents and skills that may open doors for them in the future. Special events such as field trips and special interest clubs also make the program an enriching fun experience for students.
$1,645 spent$64,454 earned by the program0% of program spendingLead learn engage achieve discipline formally equip is the parent engagement program. Fortress does not charge for its programs instead requires twelve hours of engagement from each family. The lead program offers parenting classes services and family events designed to strengthen the family and encourage engagements.
$1,166 spent0% of program spendingAllocation of expense in support of all programs salaries payroll taxes benefits occupancy insurance depreciation
$146,674 spent14% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,065,490.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $2.0M (+23%).
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 0% · 2021 12% · 2022 56% · 2024 6% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of Fortress Youth Development Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Stacy Martin
Executive Director
Board chair
Stephanie Frost
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income fell $495k → $465k.
6 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 Fortress Youth Development Center Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
Fortress Youth Development Center Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
34% 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 Fortress Youth Development Center Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 25% · 2019 41% · 2020 19% · 2021 40% · 2022 30% · 2023 18% — 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
68% of Fortress Youth Development Center Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
95% of Fortress Youth Development Center Inc's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $795k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Fortress Youth Development Center Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Fortress Youth Development Center Inc
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Fortress Youth Development Center Inc?
- Fortress Youth Development Center Inc (Texas) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,757,080 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($611,417). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Fortress Youth Development Center Inc have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $2,757,080 in grants to Fortress Youth Development Center Inc, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Fortress Youth Development Center Inc?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $611,417 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Fortress Youth Development Center Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 36 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