Illinois · Nonprofit
MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,750 to it, the largest being AT&T FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $273k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $-58623
What Mentoring Youth Through Technology does
Mission
To propel youth to thrive in a technology driven world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
School and summer stem programs - the purpose of the organization is to bridge the gap in stem education for youth by providing hands-on exposure to technology and mentorship opportunities. Recognizing challenges many students face in accessing quality stem education, the organization was founded to expand opportunities in technology, ensuring that all young minds have the tools, mentorship, and resources needed to pursue careers in stem.
$336,477 spent$58,889 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $336,477.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $65k to $10k (−84%).
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: 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Yohan Fernando
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY’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
MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY has grown faster than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Department of Commerce$100k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY: 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 MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY?
- MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,750 to it, the largest being AT&T FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $27,750 in grants to MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.
- Who is the largest funder of MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY?
- AT&T FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENTORING YOUTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 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