Florida · Nonprofit
HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP
HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $189,816 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($80,180). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $190k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership does
Mission
Hoby is a leadership and service organization. We develop and inspire youth and volunteers to have a positive impact on the world around them. Hoby programs are conducted annually throughout the united states, serving both domestic and international high school / secondary school students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hoby state leadership seminars: our flagship leadership seminars welcome school and community nominated high school sophomores to transformative 3- to 4-day programs across the united states. The sophomores who attend our programs leave with a new network of fellow leaders, increased knowledge, and an ignited passion to make a positive impact on the world around them. In 2025, we hosted 67 seminars, welcoming over 7,000 students from over 4,000 schools. To help achieve our goal of hosting truly representative seminars, 270 students received scholarships from the state or national level. Students come together from different communities, backgrounds, and economic circumstances to connect, expand their awareness of their leadership potential, and put into practice strategies for working with others. Hoby's leadership curriculum guides student ambassadors as they explore leadership through a three-phase process: personal leadership, group leadership, and service leadership. These students participate in facilitated dialogue and abilities-based workshops to develop awareness of their leadership strengths and an understanding of their leadership values. Through these dynamic activities…
$1,376,835 spentof which $24,504 as grants$1,729,248 earned by the program68% of program spendingHoby world leadership congress: each summer, the world leadership congress (wlc) welcomes high school/secondary school student ambassadors from around the globe for a week-long, immersive leadership experience. The wlc challenges student ambassadors to think critically, communicate effectively, and act with integrity. Students who attend our state leadership seminars automatically qualify to attend the wlc, and international and u.s. Students between the ages of 15-17, with a demonstrated interest in leadership and community service, are also invited to participate in this annual program. The wlc leaves student ambassadors with a robust global network and the tools to change the world around them. A week of programming that included peer-to-peer networking, challenging workshops, inspiring speakers, city adventures, a day of service, and more changed the lives of 232 students from 44 states and 6 countries. A total of 31 international students attended. We were proudly able to welcome an additional 71 students to the wlc thanks to scholarships from both the state and national levels.
$591,420 spentof which $8,142 as grants$423,550 earned by the program29% of program spendingHoby service leadership: our 2025 seminar season began with our second volunteer development retreat (vdr). The mission of the volunteer development retreat is to enhance the leadership competencies and community connection among key hoby volunteers. This retreat aims to empower volunteers with the skills required for effective leadership within the organization, while fostering a strong sense of belonging and collaboration within the wider hoby community.the goal of the volunteer development retreat is to provide leadership development and skill building that will enhance volunteers' ability to lead well, both within the hoby community and beyond.each of our seminars is led by a team of dedicated volunteers and for our second vdr, we focused on our directors of staff. Fifty-four of these volunteers joined us for a three-day retreat where we enhanced their leadership competencies, built a strong community, promoted personal growth, and developed action plans.in addition to this dedicated in-person training time, hoby provides resources and training throughout the year to nearly 3,000 volunteers who give their time and energy to deliver hoby programs. Through both virtual and…
$49,360 spent2% of program spendingHoby community leadership workshops: community leadership workshops are developed by volunteers across the u.s. For 9th grade student ambassadors as an introduction to leadership education. These one-day workshops jumpstart student ambassadors' leadership journeys and connect them to peers in their communities.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,017,615.
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.
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 $2.1M to $3.2M (+50%).
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 9% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income fell $20k → $17k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP’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
HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 57%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 61% · 2019 58% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 92% · 2023 50% — 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.
How long its funders stay
15% of HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
54% of HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP'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 $88k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $102k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP?
- HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $189,816 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($80,180). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $189,816 in grants to HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $80,180 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 19 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