Texas · Nonprofit
GENERATION SERVE
GENERATION SERVE (Texas) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,098,698 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($228,225). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $555k
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $162k
What Generation Serve does
Mission
Generation Serve is dedicated to helping youth spark a love for volunteering to grow into community-minded leaders and changemakers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family volunteering: in 2024, 2,322 youth volunteers and their families contributed over 22,000 hours of service to 114 central texas nonprofit partners through Generation Serve. We hosted an average of 80 volunteer activities each month, totaling 1,014 Generation Serve-led service projects across our eight service pillars. These activities provided hands-on opportunities for youth and parents to engage together in meaningful community work. Families reported that participation deepened their children's understanding of local needs, strengthened their empathy, and inspired a lifelong commitment to giving back. Our nonprofit partners benefited from expanded volunteer support, allowing them to further their missions and serve more individuals in need.
$324,790 spent$894 earned by the program74% of program spendingTeen programming: Generation Serve's teen leadership program empowered youth across central texas to develop leadership, communication, and civic engagement skills while serving their community. Under the guidance of our teen programs manager, participants organized and led volunteer projects, recruited peers to get involved, and supported local nonprofits through service in key areas such as animal welfare, environmental stewardship, youth support, and food insecurity. Through the teen advisory board, Generation Serve facilitated 65 free teen service days, providing hundreds of teenagers with meaningful opportunities to lead and give back.
$76,938 spent18% of program spendingLittle helpers program: Generation Serve's little helpers program introduced young children, ages 3 to 5, to community service through age-appropriate, family-oriented volunteer activities. In 2024, families participated in projects that promoted compassion, teamwork, and civic responsibility while supporting our local nonprofit partners. Under the guidance of our little helpers program manager, children engaged in hands-on activities such as packing meals, creating cards for seniors, organizing donation drives, and helping animals in need. These experiences helped young volunteers understand the importance of kindness and service, laying the foundation for a lifelong commitment to giving back.
$34,622 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $436,350.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $138k to $276k (+99%).
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 29% · 2023 7% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
110% of GENERATION SERVE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
Stephanie Bazan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $52k → $102k.
12 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 GENERATION SERVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
GENERATION SERVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% 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 GENERATION SERVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 41% · 2019 65% · 2020 42% · 2021 26% · 2022 18% · 2023 31% — 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
36% of GENERATION SERVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
63% of GENERATION SERVE'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 $406k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $693k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
GENERATION SERVE receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.1M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GENERATION SERVE
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
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GENERATION SERVE: 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 GENERATION SERVE?
- GENERATION SERVE (Texas) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,098,698 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($228,225). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GENERATION SERVE have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $1,098,698 in grants to GENERATION SERVE, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GENERATION SERVE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $228,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GENERATION SERVE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 41 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