Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE
LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,468,509 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ($6,267,930). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $472k
What Lakeside Youth Service does
Mission
Lakeside exists to empower youth and families to overcome difficulties and achieve success through quality educational and treatment services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lakeside school accepts regular and special education students in grades 5-12 who need a small structured and nurturing therapeutic environment where academic success is a priority. During the 24-25 school year, lakeside school served 172 students. Of those, 14 students graduated , 22 returned to their home district, 90 were discharged and 82 will continue at lakeside for the 25-26 school year.
$6,034,939 spent$7,038,200 earned by the program25% of program spendingIn-school counselors are equipped to work with all school age children attending public school. Student eligibility criteria are established by the school districts in which in-school counselors work. Students typically served include those with mental health and/or special education related needs. In the 24-25 school year 6,760 students were served in group and/or individually, of which 280 graduated, 2,140 were in elementary school, 1,711 in middle school, and 2,184 in high school. Crisis intervention services were also provided, 1,428 suicide/crisis assessments, 214 hospitalizations and 152 childline calls.
$7,710,728 spent$9,421,910 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe souderton vantage academy accepts regular and special education students in grades 7-12 who need a small, structured and nurturing therapeutic environment where academic success is a priority. The souderton vantage elementary program is housed in the same facility and provides the same structure and services for students in grades 5 & 6. During the 24-25 school year the two programs combined served 84 students, of which 12 graduated, 11 returned to their home district, 39 were discharged and 45 are returning for the 25-26 school year.
$2,288,577 spent$2,462,720 earned by the program9% of program spendingLakeside global institute
$1,514,235 spent$1,044,638 earned by the program6% of program spendingNeurologic program
$1,513,370 spent$800,440 earned by the program6% of program spendingGirls academy
$1,508,337 spent$1,932,743 earned by the program6% of program spendingUpper merion vantage academy - a comprehensive alternative education program for students in grades 6 through 12 formed through a collaborative effort between the upper merion area school district in king of prussia, pa and lakeside educational network. It is designed to provide students who are experiencing difficulty in the regular school setting with the academic, counseling and behavioral support necessary to overcome their school obstacles and achieve success. The primary goal of this program is a staged transition for students to return back to their home school after they successfully complete their educational goals while at vantage.
$1,938,331 spent$2,034,466 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services
$1,695,940 spent$1,756,294 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,204,457.
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 $13M to $20M (+56%).
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%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Gerald W Vassar
President/CEO
Board chair
Lloyd Gestoso
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $391k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE’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
LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 70% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE has grown faster than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lakeside Garage LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE?
- LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,468,509 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ($6,267,930). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $6,468,509 in grants to LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $6,267,930 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKESIDE YOUTH SERVICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 7 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