California · Nonprofit
Los Alamitos Youth Center
Los Alamitos Youth Center (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,301 to it, the largest being O L HALSELL FOUNDATION ($85,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $362k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Los Alamitos Youth Center does
Mission
The Los Alamitos Youth Center (the Youth Center) fulfills a mission to transform childrens lives one family at a time through collaborative social, educational, and recreational programs. Total 3,608 students served in 2025.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
After-School Programs and Summer Camps The Youth Center provides safe, enriching, and accessible programs that support youth and working families in our community. Our free after-school program for middle school students in grades 6 through 8 offers a structured and supervised environment during critical after-school hours, helping keep youth safe and engaged. Students receive daily homework assistance, tutoring, and opportunities to participate in sports, arts, and leadership activities. We also offer low-cost after-school childcare at two locations, serving more than 600 children each year. These programs provide families with reliable, affordable care while supporting students academic success and social development. Camp S.H.A.R.K. (Science, Hands-On, Art, Recreation, Knowledge) is our low-cost outdoor summer camp serving more than 500 children ages 5 through 12 annually. No child is turned away due to an inability to pay. The camp is screen-free and encourages children to connect with nature, build friendships, and participate in educational and creative activities. Together, these programs ensure that all children have access to safe spaces, caring mentors, and opportunities…
$560,189 spentof which $67,235 as grants$492,013 earned by the program93% of program spendingRecreational, Arts, and Educational Programs The Youth Center offers a variety of programs designed to inspire creativity, build skills, and support youth development. Our after-school music program is conducted in partnership with the Los Alamitos Unified School District and provides string and band instruction to public, home, and independent school students in grades K through 5. After one year of instruction, students in grades 1 through 5 may participate in the elementary string ensemble or jazz band. More than 250 students participate annually, and no child is turned away due to an inability to pay. Saturday classes are also offered to expand access and enrichment opportunities. The Leadership Academy serves 30 students each year and focuses on building essential life skills, including goal setting, cooking, banking, car insurance and maintenance, career readiness, and healthy living. Our Girls in STEM program is designed for elementary school students, with a focus on empowering girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Through hands-on workshops, mentorship, and leadership activities, participants develop confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.…
$33,053 spent$48,303 earned by the program5% of program spendingEvery 15 Minutes Program The Youth Center partners with Los Alamitos High School to present the Every 15 Minutes program, a two-day educational experience that raises awareness about the dangers of impaired and distracted driving among teens. Through realistic crash reenactments, emergency response simulations, and impactful presentations by students and parents, the program highlights the real-life consequences of risky driving behaviors. By engaging participants in meaningful and reflective activities, the program encourages responsible decision-making and promotes greater community awareness and safety.
$11,148 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $604,390.
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.
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 $1.1M to $2.4M (+120%).
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: 2017 1% · 2019 1% · 2021 8% · 2023 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Lina Lumme
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $22k → $76k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 Los Alamitos Youth Center’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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
Los Alamitos Youth Center has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
40% 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 Los Alamitos Youth Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 43% · 2019 43% · 2020 37% · 2021 38% · 2022 73% · 2023 33% — 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 Los Alamitos Youth Center's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
70% of Los Alamitos Youth Center's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k 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.
Organizations like Los Alamitos Youth Center
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Los Alamitos Youth Center: 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 Los Alamitos Youth Center?
- Los Alamitos Youth Center (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,301 to it, the largest being O L HALSELL FOUNDATION ($85,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Los Alamitos Youth Center have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $362,301 in grants to Los Alamitos Youth Center, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Los Alamitos Youth Center?
- O L HALSELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $85,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Los Alamitos Youth Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 18 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